I've noticed some of my recent poems have an element of hope in them, hope for something...other...something in the future.
Didn't We - NEW
I Cast Stones - NEW
All Of Me - NEW
Letting It Go - NEW
Musings On Liking You
Marching Song
Those That Care
I Hope
A Way To Be?
Here For You
I Am Mythical
Silver Lined
Working It Out
A Break In The Weather
Simply Said
Deadends And Open Doorways
Nothing Conclusive
Didn?t We?
We lit up the sky didn't we?
Like the dawn's caress releasing night's grip
Chasing the fears and whispering of hope
Or distant guns reigning orange-burst fire
Onto out of sight, over the horizon enemies
Sensual and devastating
We were often one or the other
And rarely in between
Too long looking to discover
To care what might have been
We soared for a while didn't we?
Like swallows going south in summer's end sky
Fleet, graceful, immune to our path's dangers
Or like a firework, rushing headlong high
Before exploding in a brief yet glorious end
Sensual and devastating
We were often one or the other
And rarely in between
Too caught up in a moment
To care what might have been
We burnt brightly didn't we?
Like candlelight intense at point of contact
Yet flickering shadow-soft from afar
Or a forest fire raging and wind driven
Out of control and finally out of ways to turn
Sensual and devastating
We were often one or the other
And too rarely in between
Too close and yet too distant
To care what might have been
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My Idea Of Love
This is my idea of love
Its really easy
We meet
We fall in love
We do not know for how long
We do not know where it ends
We do not know who we?ll be
The wind knows
The stars know
Time knows
The long dried tears on the ground know
But we don?t
And I want us not to care
I want us to love
To consume every moment
With the passion of these words
And this touch
And this kiss
I hope one day I wake up next to you
And then remember I am eighty
So I can reminisce fondly
While you half wake
And smile, remembering all of it too
If time chooses it is sooner
At least we had this
Our time
If we hadn?t
How much less would we be
So don?t worry
Like the song
?Everything?s gonna be alright?
We are now
Now is forever
Now is always
This is my idea of love
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I Cast Stones
I cast stones onto the pond of my life
Some skim and skip across its surface
In brief balletic majesty
Their impact of contact diminishing
With each more frequent
Less fervent caress
Others hit hard and fall fast
Their chaotic impact a disruption
That when all external trace subsides
Leaves change beneath the surface
And then occasionally one slips
Gentle and unbidden
Into the depths of my soul
Its touch ripples out ever wider
Not bounded by time or thought
Or the shores of my limitations
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Letting It Go
In a moment
I turned
And I said to you
Just tonight
I want to lean on you
To bend and maybe snap
To let the wind
Knock me off my feet
I want to be weak
To cry
To be needed
I didn?t know that
You would catch me
I just let it happen
I didn?t think you would
Not from your words
Or your inaction
Or from lack of either
But because , before
I never let you
And it took you by surprise
Not that you weren?t ready
But just because
You hadn?t expected it
Hadn?t thought I would
And when I did
When I let you
When I dropped my guard
And fell into my abyss
Into my doom
Down into my darkness
Of my making
You were still there
To catch me at the bottom
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All Of Me
Did you know
In my dark of night
I tear myself in two
The bad I leave at home each day
The good I give to you
Did you know
That the hardest part
Is keeping myself whole
When darkness tears me all apart
And wants a starring role
Did you know
That the easy thing
Is to never let it slip
To never show another side
Those moments when I trip
Yet I know
If I bared my soul
That you would carry me
And though that?s something hard to do
Yet I should learn to be
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Musings On Liking You
If there?s only so many days together
Let?s not use them all in one go
Lets make them last, eke them out
Until the time when we both know
If we?re not meant to last forever
Then why not put back that day
Lets take our time, wait for later
Let things work out on the way
If we?re going to get along so well
Why not take a little while longer
To get along so well again
It may just make us stronger
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Marching Song
Hit the high when I was feeling low
When all was lost and no place to go
Felt so alive and I felt so free
Thought I?d found all I wanted to be
Tried to walk when I?d learnt to run
Out in the rain rather than the sun
I got soaking wet but I felt so sure
I?d clean my soul and I?d be secure
Took a turn when the road was straight
Always thought better never than late
No clear path but I was in control
Duck and dive and rock and roll
Sang my song but so out of key
Walk this way and sing with me
Life is good when the going is tough
And never admit when you?ve had enough
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Those That Care
We?re all a little helpless
But also we?re all free
We?re searching for some hope, a truth
And the warmth of company
We?re none us clairvoyant
We don?t know what?s round the bend
And who?s to say what?s right or wrong
When we finally reach the end
We?re all just trying to find our way
Whilst causing no-one pain
And if we worry when we don?t succeed
We?d all end up insane
We?re trying just to get along
There?s not much more to do
And if our actions seem to hurt you most
Then our words aren?t getting through
And if you can?t believe in yourself
Then at least remember this
The person that you knew back then
Hasn?t changed we still exist
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I Hope
And when you hurtle down
And night is all around
I hope you miss the ground
And fall until I?m there
To catch you
And when you?re loosing it
And you just can?t get a grip
I hope you feet don?t slip
Just slide until I?m there
To hold you
And when you heart is bleak
And your feeling weak
I hope you wait to speak
Or act until I?m there
To help you
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A Way To Be?
I love you like I've
Never loved before
Or maybe like I've
Never loved at all
So take my hand and
Dance to this beat
Loose the crowds and
Control of your feet
Let's take this train to
Who knows where
And enjoy the view
Without a care
The time to live is
The here and now
The future looks after
Itself somehow
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Here For You
I want to take the pain away
Somehow find the words to say
To turn your night into day
Rewind and replay
Your fears allay
I want to keep the storm at bay
Calm the wind that makes you sway
Light the path from which you stray
Rewind and replay
Your fears allay
I want to light up your way
Somehow colour in the grey
Warm you with a sunray
Rewind and replay
Your fears allay
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I Am Mythical
I am the Promiser
Of all that you hold dear
Offering you something
To wash away your fear
I am the Listener
Of all the words you use
Receiver of anything
In language that you choose
I am the Soothsayer
Of all that you hold true
Denying you nothing
Believe in them anew
I am the Dreamweaver
I lay them at your feet
Images of everything
To make you feel complete
I am the Mythical
My form is not this now
Shifting to otherthing
And never knowing how
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Silver Lined
Spin it around
See the bright side Set it down
Don?t fight the tide
Every cloud is,
However darkening,
Silver lined
Just takes mining
Live in sadness
Is not for me
Put in place
Chances are free
Always searching
In hope we?ll find
Something new
Two of a kind
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Working It Out
Define me
Write the words that tell
The life I have led
Refine me
Break this down so its
Simply said
Align me
Mark out where these
Feet should tread
Design me
Calm these wild thoughts
Inside my head
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A Break In The Weather
And as I try
To calm the thoughts
To clear my head
To lift it higher
Out of the water
The undercurrent
Tugs at me
Pulls me along
Sweeps me away
I?ve been fighting
A stormy sea
For so long now
Keeping my head
Above water
With all my strength
I wonder if
These calmer waters
Will let me float
Easily and free
To a safe haven
Or if this calm
Is simply a lull
A brief respite
Before the tempest
Returns once again
And the sea?s churn
Crashes over me
Engulfing me anew
So I will float awhile
Let myself be taken
On the ebb and the flow
With the driftwood
Till I can see if I am
To be carried out to sea
Or swept up onto
A new beach
With golden sand
And a new dawn
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Simply Said
Its kind of funny you know?
That I loose my voice
Now,
Me? Who can talk for hours
About nothing and
Anything
I?ve never needed
To say so much
Nor wanted it to
Matter
Yet have fallen so silent
Now you are near me
All at once I could
Tell
That you were there, here
You caught my thoughts
And my breath
As well
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Deadends And Open Doorways
Time spent in the wrong ways
Always deadends, endless days
Spent looking through a haze
My life lost in a maze
Time spent on the wrong cause
Putting myself onto pause
Never seeing all the flaws
Not avoiding the sharp claws
And now there?s you
Lighting the way
Helped show me who
To be today
Time spent for a short while
In the company of that smile
Could have stayed forever
But in the end just a while
Time spent standing still
Enjoying the view from the hill
Not feeling the coming chill
Time moved on, as it will
And now there?s you
Lighting my way
Helping show me who
To be today
Time spent looking ahead
Down the path where you led
?Take my hand now? you said
And in your steps I tread
Time spent now endlessly
Living this chance to be
Everything that I can see
Suddenly being set free
And that is you
Lighting my way
Helping show me all
I am today
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Nothing Conclusive
Alone together
Within this crowd
Shared thoughts
Not said out loud
Slowly forward
Sensing the need
Unbidden feelings
Sowing the seed
Friendships gained
Along the way
If they could know
The price we pay
Love?s something
That ebbs and flows
We can?t say when
It comes or goes
But in the end
This feels right
It takes us forward
Out of the night
So can we see
Just where we go?
And make no plans
Just follow the flow
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