I Know You

Sometimes you scare yourself
And think
That this couldn't possibly be true
It's too big
Something must be amiss
(Even if the truth is,
The only thing wrong
Is thinking that it must be)
But if you sit and think
With your heart open
From within,
You'll feel a surge inside you
As the memories tumble out
And you'll see,
The way I see it,
That no one has ever gone
As deep within you
As I have
Or you have
Within me
So stare those fears
In the face
And remember
No matter what the fears may tell you
I know you
And I love you

Hailing

A whisper,
A cry
And an endless
Empty sky
Chills the soul
And melts the borders
A hopeful dream
A wish
A sweet longing
To just exist
Beckons slowly
Across the waters

You wouldn't exist
If words did not
Even in action
Not least in thought
Another lost soul
Among the drifters

Seaweed
And whirling gulls
Painted shores
And painted hulls
As pictures go,
Perfect…
Reminders.

A desperate call,
A forgotten word
A curling wind
That blows seaward
Evanescent,
Just vapours.
As never before
And never again
Like the passing of
April’s rain
The thought blinks once
And disappears.

I Will Seek You Where The Lost Can Be Found

An angel-gargoyle poem... to be read as three poems - "Where The Lost Can Be Found" (right of midpoint), then "I Will Seek You" (left of midpoint) and lastly, "I Will Seek You Where The Lost Can Be Found" (whole lines).

If you get lost,	Lost in the void,
I will seek you -	In the darkness,
Pull you back from that place	Where fear and anger fester,
Even if it means	I wander alone -
Long, tough, tired days	With nothing to show for it
I am hopeful of	The future,
Our future,	A bright light
Which shines	Through the fog,
With a glory to awaken all that	Is dead, a dying husk with no hope
You are	And I am too
A seeker after joy, of	The truth of all things:
Life and existence	Leaves you with questions
And a lightness of being	In the strangest of places
That can never be taken away

Mystery Isle

The sea swings
To a soft, steady beat.
A calm, exploring wave
Licks the sandy shoreline.

I stand upon the cliff
And stare out to the horizon
And hope,
That my message, at last,
Finds it way to you -
My soul enclosed,
As my heart beats in me.

In the absence of you
I sit and wonder,
What would it be
To hold your hand,
To look into those eyes
And lose myself
In the sea of your thoughts.

I see you as I saw you first
Those few days ago -
The ocean rests
In jewels upon your delicate neck
And behind those black eyes,
Silent in their splendour.
Fires burn in the depths of you
A place of hidden beauty,
Locked away and kept silent,
A secret part of your heart.

I know not what it is
That draws my heart to you
Only that is so strong -
A force I cannot resist.

Read Between the Numbers

Floor by floor
Year by year
A magic lantern
Plays here

3
You disappeared. I
Don't know where
There are people,
People are everywhere
None are you

7
The stage is empty, the theatre too
You're beside me,
Both of you, protective, loving
But you cannot protect me
From myself, or my mind
Or shadows that creep through you
Without your notice.

15
Act out
You don't fit in
So go break everything
It isn't worth having, is it?
You fool

22
Such joy
It cannot be
Such beauty as this is
Not possible, one would wonder
It is

23
Emptiness found itself
On a barren plain
And looked over its shoulder
To find nothing there
But air
And dead skies
Please stay

35
Death tried
To claim my soul
And steal it all away
But I still have you to live for
My elf

Is it enough to say
I told you so?
I love you.

50
From here
It came to this
From then and forever
Two hearts that have beat in tandem
Years pass

100
Is it this already?
It seems so soon.
Have we reached?
Where?
There was no destination?
Oh.
Well the journey was nice, no...
Together?

A Future And A Present

Sipping quietly
You look out to sea
As the sun dips below the horizon
Clouds pass through your mind and heart
Like a swarm of locusts
I miss you
And the fear
It was so different
So unfamiliar
I'm not scared
Not of you
Not in any way that means anything
I am a cloud lost on your breath
Waiting for you to blow me on
Suck me in
Breathe me deep
Never let go
And there's nowhere
I'd rather go
Than deep inside of you
To the forest hidden
In the folds in your eyes
See that tower
See the walls
See that moat
Obstacles?
They're nothing
Empty verse has slung itself across the stars
In search of meaning
And never found a resting place but here
Vaporous
But golden
Silent
But full
You are whole
Though you don't yet know it
The world has taken it from you
But it was never theirs
They cannot have it
This soul is mine
And I am hers
The ocean rises to meet
Your parted lips
The hint of a smile
A crinkled eye
Lost in time
It's been years
And still it stands
No ice upon this water
No desert either
Full and vibrant and beautiful
Your hair is gray now
Mine too
And I still long to touch it,
Hold it
Breathe it in
I long for you
Like I did before
Dragons perched upon clifftop
Aware of what they are
Who they are
And who they've been
Who they might become
We are whole
And wholesome
You are
Don't stop
Don't hold back
There's life in here
Somewhere
Yours
And so we flow
Like endless currents
Returning ever
To the point where this began
While stars collide and die out
Music stirs
The strings in me
Pulling at the edges of my heart
Wrapping it
Like a little present
To be given freely
To the one I love
You
There's no snow upon the tree
But Christmas came early this year
And never left.

These Ties That Bind

This string is a tie
That binds
Two beating hearts
Across no distance
But fearful minds.
It's a reminder
That the frailest of things
Can mean something
Can even be broken
And survive
With a little love and care.
This string is weak
And could be broke
With one tough yank.
(Though, isn't that true,
Of most everything?)
This string could be strengthened
By chording around another
And each is stronger for the other.
This string is pink
And this is blue
Like midnight over a sleepy ocean.
It's a reminder:
There is a tie that binds us
That isn't even physical
And cannot really be broken
Even if we try.

I Want a House

I want a house that's free and simple
Unbound by any thing
An open expanse of peacefulness
That floats through everything

I want a house filled with hope
With flags of love unfurled
Where sunbeams glide upon the air -
A refuge from the world

I want a house
Whose walls are porous
Where our spirits are free
To all thoughts that call on us.
I want a house in which
Your soul is free, unbound
A soft serenity -
The safest place you've found.

I want a house
The wind blows through
That takes you to sea
And oceans back to you.

I want a house
That's painted in fire
A reflection of a love
Filled with soft-hard desire.

I want a house, yes,
That bit is true,
But most of all, I want...
I want a home with you

Divinity

A dream dropped down from clouds above
And whisper'd soft into my ear
She held me close and tight with love
And kissed my lips and held me near.
A song sang through this world of mine
And sung my heart into the sky
She wrapped my soul with bits of twine
And held me close till morn was nigh
A strain upon the wind was heard -
A joyous lilting melody
And soft it spoke her blessed words
That held me close - divinity.
And so I lost my soul to this
The sweetest taste, an angel's kiss.

I'm Yours (In different forms)

Haiku
Wind blows by water
Playing, ruffling your hair
My heart is yours now

Cinquain
You are
A song that sings
My heart to higher planes
Then lay me down in peaceful love
I'm yours

For you, my love

Each of these
Thirty
They're for you
Because of you
Some even
About you
Each poem
Each word
Each thought contained
In your honour
For your love
Expressing my own

Let Me List The Ways (Part II)

I love the way you nuzzle into my neck
Like you'd melt into me
If that were physically possible -
The way you lose yourself
In watching me
Trace the landscape of our hearts
Upon a piece of paper
That is so much more
Than just that.

I love your hands in my hair
As you stare longingly into my eyes
And at my face,
Like you're drinking it in.

I love how it feels like home
Lost in the ocean
In your eyes
And safe in your smile
And there's nowhere I'd rather go
Than deeper into your soul.

I love how pain and fear
And hurt and bitterness
Fall by the wayside
Like silly distractions
(Which they are,
If we're honest) -
How this love endures
And conquers,
Reaching out into the world
Making it dance
To a deeper tune.

I love how we find a sheltered cove
Overlooking a quiet bay
And cannot stare out
To the horizon,
Beautiful though the view is,
So caught up we are
In each other.

I love how the secret places
Where I'd never take anyone
Except one special person,
Seem made for you
And us
And our love.

I love the love-filled messages
You send me
After a night in which
You've set my heart aglow,
And how they'll steal away
My concentration,
So I get lost
In the beauty of your soul,
Your feelings,
Your words.

I love how you'll walk
And brave blisters,
Which always seem to dog us
(Like that horrid Akon song)
To enjoy a romantic stroll
I love how those hurts
Make something melt inside me
So I have to shower you
With kisses and caresses
And the abundant love
That keeps welling up in me.

I love how vulnerable I feel
When you look deep into my soul
And how I feel comfortable
To let myself be that way -
Naked before you.

I love singing to you
And hearing you sing back -
That sweet silky voice
That starts as a hum,
Hidden in your throat
And quietly, softly
Breaks out,
Moving quickly into my heart
And taking its place
Where it belongs.

I love how simple things
Like an innocuous menthol sweet
Or even just breathing
Can become so much more,
An object or an act
Of beauty
That we just seem to create
In the world around us
So that each becomes
An exultation
In you,
In us,
In our existence
As we breathe
You into my soul
And me into yours
And lose ourselves
In that moment
When we're so connected,
We're even breathing the same air.

I love how everything
Takes on a deeper meaning
How words like starlit
Become more than just an adjective
And how only we know
What they really mean.

I love how our conversations
Seep into the world
Changing existence in subtle ways,
Nudging stubborn maybes
Towards something brighter
And bigger
And whole.

I love that every so often,
A new name comes to my lips,
Like a tender kiss
Waiting to alight upon your own,
Because you mean so much,
That no one name is enough
To even come close to
Describing the beauty in you.

I love how you get lost
Even after you decided
To hold me at bay,
How we both find it's not half as easy
As it had seemed,
How this love of ours
Finds a way
To make its presence felt.

I love even the moments
When you hold back,
And how you always come back,
Like you just needed to wind down,
Your heart's been racing so,
And that even in those moments,
Although I can't be with you
And hold you
And kiss you
And melt into your arms,
Your voice says so clearly,
That you love me
Even if you can't act on it right now.

I love how it feels
Like the natural order of things
That I give everything I can to you,
That I need to pamper you and spoil you
And baby you -
Showering you with kisses
And hugs and foot rubs
And more -
Because that is what you are..
My Baby.

I love that even after seeing
The worst of each other,
We can look deep in each others' eyes
And see mirrored,
What each is feeling,
And say in simple words
That mean so much:
I love you.