between the blue skies

between the blue skies

and the sandbanks

the rain falls

with love and joy

before the lock gates

and the edge of the city

the entrances open

for a first parade

behind the one door

and the hopes for the future

the book is closed

to reason no more

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labour of love

labour of love

what does it all mean

already the ear is listening

was it van gogh’s or munch’s scream

what do I care

what those others say or do

the words are mine and yours

we must work them through

just as in meditation

all and nothing is what is lost

contemplation with visualisation

writing and reading at what a cost

far far away also closer to home

see how the lover feels

as we dance to the music

with the jives and the reels

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into the distance

into the distance

out of the life

if as for instance

as sharp as the knife

along the harbour wall

with ice-creams in hand

stood so fair and so tall

as if all was simply as planned

into the silence

with never a word spoke

if as the licence

was there to choke

along the cart track

to the potato store

going and coming back

through the passageway door

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i was that lover

i was that lover

yet also the leaver

i stood by your side

before walking away

i was the scoundrel

who left his two children

i said yes and forever

but was unable to stay

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there is a love

there is a love

which, quite simply

cannot be broken

this is the love

which yes and forever

will be softly spoken

there is a flower

which even in september

wishes to be open

this is the flower

which yes measure by measure

is a surefire lover’s token

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