Crescent rises as the sun descends Into red and gold fire on the far horizon Easing slowly towards star speckled black Billowy scent of night blooms wafts sweetly Crystalline music of night creatures trills pianissimo notes Heaven’s lustre shines A night light on the shadow earth Follow the moon rabbit Running through the dark Until…
Sophisticated and scientific We turn our back on the unseen mysteries Disregarding the instincts of our souls In favour of intellect and calculation We tear down the worshipful In favour of clanking mechanics Our sacred spaces become mere torn up places We have cast the holy into the dirt Set the profane on the altar…
Lost myself somewhere Dropped while I was out walking Or maybe in the supermarket Maybe I should put up posters around the neighbourhood Lost: one identity Slightly dented, chipped paint, scratched But here’s the problem I’m not sure I’d recognize myself If I was returned to me What am I under the trappings of learning…
Give me a purpose for living Give me just one Give me a song I can sing Under the sun Give me the steps I can dance In front of my foes Give me the mercy I need To heal all my woes Give me a reason today A reason to be Give me a…
Think of me as if I had your name With no part of me there Think me an extension of you An arm, maybe, or leg A vague appendage existing Just for your consideration I reflect you, complete you Exist for you My essence is subsumed by you Think of me as I disappear into…
Looking for magic in faraway places In myths and lore and legends of old Seeing the wonder in everyday spaces The mystical in the mundane Follow the lure of the eldritch other Dancing with witches under the moon Gleam of starlight shining so gently Beauty in windswept night Immerse yourself in the fairy tale places…
It’s easy to blame each other For the choices we make It’s easy to blame ourselves For doing the wrong thing You take the path unknown Towards possible salvation Only to find you’re more in the dark Than when you started Contemplate the slippery slope the one paved with good intentions And we all know…
Thundering hooves through the surf Heads toss, manes fly free in the wind Dance and play in the briny air Join with each other, be one with the herd Safety in numbers, in community Through the salt encrusted sand Walking now, following well-worn pathways To the pastures to feed One, together, one mind and spirit…
It’s a daily lesson Learned by rote The only way you make it Is to repeat and repeat Take the anger, take the pain And let them go from your captive heart Like paper boats bobbing away down stream Send your rehearsed and remembered wrongs Into oblivion Forgive again And again, and again Every day…
Eternity waits Sitting on the shore Watching the in and out The ebb and flow of time New eras flow in Old eras trickle out Detritus of the ages Remains like driftwood on the sand Erased and replaced By the never-ending tides
Eclectic Assemblage 