Mouths of clay islands of time leaning back on that record player my father played ‘All Those Years Ago’A George Harrison solo So much to be said for just waking up in bed with someone you love -wrapped arms like bows around the greatest present of your life. Sometimes… I see your face, in theContinue reading “Palace of Tears”
Tag Archives: Remembrance
Presence
I am present with strength and feelingI am present with wonderful healingI am present with the tiredness of lifeI am present with love and breathingI am present with wild schemingI am present with a remorseful pastI am present with all my years at lastThis presence exists in your every stepTap into it to see howContinue reading “Presence”
Thoughts of the Past
Trammel up the excess of your mindWhere all life is left behindCast out temptation from your coreUntil love you feel is love no moreIntertwine a battering ram of hateAround your thoughts ‘til they evaporateThrow curses to the pastRun the ragged flag up the mastAnd watch those blotches of ink dryAnd sigh –‘All my life hasContinue reading “Thoughts of the Past”
The Hills of Forever
I’ve been dreaming about those woods for too longa long memory of existencedeep inside in my headI rememberlosing myself in amongst the green, brown leaves of Septembermy teenage thoughts, lost, but not forgottenthe good old days but you don’t know you’re in themSparkling eyes – they gleam through branches, either side of the pathmy spiritContinue reading “The Hills of Forever”
the ones who were left
A report came from a nearby flank that the enemy’s guns were on the move, ‘time to strike’ said our CO, ‘over the top tomorrow we shall go.’ A cold night in mid-November and still we managed warmth, our greatcoats spread out and buttoned together with others to make a vast blanket. Songs were keptContinue reading “the ones who were left”
Parisian Poetry 