Iceland

Taken Down

Moving out, sideways

On sleigh paths

To landing strips

Would you be there

If I were to ask you

Taken out

Moving down, sideways

With winters sun

Out to frozen sea

If I were, to ask you

Would you be there

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Kings Head

Edge of danger

You, quite excited

To place me

Outside my comfort zone

Alcohol and modish music

Rough diamonds

Minders and molls

Edge into danger

You, pushy

Pushing me

Into the middle of their pack

Rock and roll & sweet soul music

Crazed and crazy minds

Life here has taken its toll

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Don’t

Before the crescendo

Before the nightlight-doused

Songs and stories of sailors

Notes of notes, for notes

Patterns of preoccupations

Ploughed fields and the like

A desire to become foolish

Once more to act the clown

Only in defence of course

Neither guile nor indifference

To carry it off for real

Unsure enough for all that

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Faith Wrap

Into and out of the darkness

Only briefly to sidle up

To the edge-lines of paranoia

Still to search out beauty

In the scentless black tulip

Still to wonder on truth

In the words of named poets

Into, again into, into the pleasures

All hours to dream & daydream

On sounds of pianos and minarets

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Not Apart

Because of you I write
Heavens above I know
Warmth of your love
See, I smile, I glow

Words send their own fear
You give me space to show
Frightened again to throw
See, if in doubt I disappear

After another separated night
Both alone, alone as the crow
Say always to keep in touch
With love, one unto two bestow

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