Will o’ wisp dances in forest dark and deep Follow, weary traveller, to where you can find sleep I will lead you surely, just watch my guiding light Just a little further, keep my flame in sight. Don’t regard the mud that now is underneath your feet A cosy bed awaits you, soft and warm…
Spinning threads through the days The mind starts weaving, building We make the stories of our lives Constructing the tapestry of fantasy To leave our mark Future people will read The legends of our times We disguise unwelcome truth With the coloured threads of wish And always, since the beginning We paint legacy with agenda…
There were stone stairs, unexpected Right there in the middle of the park They were beautiful, with carved banisters Leading down into a glade of sorts Dark trees rose on either side of the path Shutting out the sun The track quickly vanishing in the gloom No sound No birds, animals, not even wind Following…
What would you think What would you say after all this time It’s been so long And you never showed your hand even then What did you think of me Were you proud, or disappointed And now all I’ve managed is to keep on Holding on by broken and bloodied fingernails Setting one increasingly shaky…
The children of light Inheritors of the promise Join hands on that day And walk together, singing The rest will run and hide They will rage and cry But the sons and daughters of the King Will lift their eyes to the sun And walk with joy Into eternity
I see you shine like a beaconYour sidereal soul warms like the cosiest fireYou float, ethereal, the centre of my worldThe sun around which I orbitYou fill the lacuna of meUntil I want for nothing moreAt last I am complete in you
Sent from heaven in disguise Who would suspect there are angels among us In our homes and in our hearts They teach us in simplicity Of love, of faith, of loyalty They give us all this freely Without condition or limit How can we do less But adore the angels in our lives Nurture and…
Are you the same person you were as a child? Your cells, lego blocks of the flesh Have all been swapped for newer models Nothing remains of the baby in the adult So, no. But You are more than flesh You are mind Memories of then still linger in the now Pieces of small you…
In early summer, the wood is filled With leafy green and yellow flowers My feet disappear in the lush grass Sun shines dappled through the canopy And drops light piecemeal onto the forest floor I met them there in a fairy ring The wee folk, the fae The leader doffed his cap to me One…
When you wish upon a starNothing will happenHow’s a flaming ball of gasBillions of light years awayGoing to give you what you wantBlow out the candlesToss a coin in a fountainIt’s all just as futileSuperstition and fantasy Wish insteadWhat can be achievedWhat future you can createYour hopes and dreamsAre in your handsYou are the architectOf…
Eclectic Assemblage 