Do you ever stare
into the eyes of a beautiful soul
and wonder how many memories they hold?
How many thoughts they've had of you
...
Once I saw a solar eclipse.
Like dusk at midday
the sun darkened
to New Moon black
...
Laced with eloquence;
she glides along the dusty riverbed,
One blood rose in her hair and the funeral flower in her hand.
Ebony trails lash at the flaky ground
...
Pale berries fade to bright
Leaves green whisper autumn
Creasing brown and crisping – falling,
July parts with Summer sudden as fright.
...
Woman stops at a window
below a blood-orange sky,
Watches drinkers sip from china
cups, tuck crumbs into napkins,
...
I wanted to touch the bones
To trace my fingers over the smooth
Curvature of ribs
And leave my vibration and prints.
...
Stones mold around me
As the ocean sweeps
Them into grains and
Erodes this punished beach.
...
Eyes filled with blue often wish
For a touch of brown
To take the edge from purity
As they sparkle so startlingly
...
Your sleepy ocean-eyes
Like softly burning stars
Smiled through your eyelids
Into my flashing sighs.
...
She is paper, she is glass
She is spine damaged and crashed
She moves through magazines
With her lions and debris.
...
A string of pearls
played on her neck
Each one a creamy locket
Saving secrets, stories, sorrows.
...
A blood-slice high in
black grows fat as an orange
to a full blood moon.
...
I would like a dress made of your skin
A speckled garment to wrap myself in
Threaded together with strands of your hair
And preciously beaded with tears.
...
You are rocks - solid and slow
Beneath the serenity
I am a leaf caught in flow
An under nourished casulty
...
A lost man walked along with me
The road I had misplaced,
He taught me proper walking
With strong boats
...
Gifts from our Mother;
Womb, seed and blood
The eternal jewels of creation
And the plentiful cup of knowing.
...
Lovely Heart
Do you ever stare
into the eyes of a beautiful soul
and wonder how many memories they hold?
How many thoughts they've had of you
How many dreams you've shared.
How many times have you known you were right,
and watched him whilst he slept at night,
Told him that he's worth so much
Held him as cried his pain away
Thinking you could drown in those eyes,
Painful tears that wash nothing away
Tears that no one else can see,
Because the only girl he loves is me.
When your eyes drip
I want to kiss the anguish away
Hug you so tight that
I might squeeze your pain away.
When your soul cries for mine I give it to you,
In that moment I could die for you.
Keep my soul safe,
I'll never take it back,
Lock it away
Kiss it when you need to.
I promise to care for your lovely heart.
December 2003
[ For M.C ]