When the party
is almost done
and the songs
are almost sung
and we are having
almost fun
that’s the time
I almost
run.

when it was
one thirty three
you said
you loved me
by three thirty three
you had already left me

I know the meaning of love
I know you say
you do too
and perhaps  you do
but
I know the meaning of love
the crying out loud of love.
the desperate despair of love
the doubt of love
the reaching out of love
the pure joy of  love
the desperation of love
the don’t do this of love
the endless hope of love
the not feeling all right of love
the wonder if this is love
the question of can this be love
the sadness of love
the screaming out of love
the tears of love
the pure joy of love
the I can’t do this anymore of love
the right of love
the wrong of love
the me in love
I know the meaning of love
I know you say
you do too
and perhaps you do.

I will never hold a sword to you
nor a weapon
except perhaps
a mirror
for I know it will wound you
deeper
upon reflection.

Meet me at the bar
next door
the neighbours are tired
of hearing us roar.

Look up . he said
when I could barely look anywhere
life burdens the innocents
and lays their lair bare

If I could send you
two thousand bouquets
or more
I surely would
instead
what I can send
is
one word
Love.

I am
a very expensive example
of who
not to fall in love with
you’re welcome!

she tried to hide
the boredom on her breath
but he caught it anyway
she tried to hide
the loneliness in her heart
but he felt it anyway.

There is no love
like your son’s  love
it is there
to rise you high
and catch you
on the low
your little boy’s arms
are now strong enough
to hold you
and heal you
What joy!

Emptiness
invades the room  now
it falls like confetti from your lips
and scatters truth
into the abyss

Nothing speaks to my soul
more
than  the words
you never say.

If I have been untrue
please know
it had nothing whatsoever
to do with you
it was all about me
absolutely nothing
whatsoever
to do with
You

Nothing bores
me more
than random poems
desperately
trying to even
the score!

I know
everyday
you watch over me
and my ridiculous
struggle
to simply just
Be.

Let’s dance!

Seriously?
just pour me
a  different
life.

The words flowing
easily from my brain
tonight
are everything I ever wanted to say
to you
too much
you say
a bit insane
yet still
my words flow easy
flow easy
for the first time
from the inside of my brain
insane
you say
maybe
you’re right

We are
liquid
which is both
our strength
and our
weakness

My fire has just about
gone now
See the tiny flicker
left alight
I think that’ is probably
my soul
for your sake
and mine
please
do not
exhale

Early May
and the winds are still howling
been freezing us since October
could one of us
be the strength beneath it’s wing?

I cannot love myself
after loving you

I cry my tears
inside
because
otherwise
they would stain
my lily white
disguise

Read my words
and know
in the simplicity
and confusion
of them
you
have a chance
to know me

I have a hundred dreams
that didn’t happen
take them all
now
You are welcome
I have no use
for them
anymore

I will take back my words
now
in case you should stop
someday
soon
and see them standing
starkly
before you

I have said the words now
I have said the words
and I have watched them bleed
out loud
I have said the words now
I have said the words
and I have watched you leave
out loud

Your words
hit  my brain
like a ten ton lorry
too big
too sure
too clever
for me
to ever
ever
be brave enough
to
ask you
to
explain

The fine cobweb threads
that bind your heart to mine
are old now
difficult to define
I rarely move
these days
for fear of their decline

Roll the dice then
I’ll take my chances
we both know
only one of us
can win

How come I go to sleep with you
yet wake up
alone

let it be
let it lie
if you will
let’s be still
yes, I will
I will be still
a bit  against
my will
but I will
nevertheless be still
at least
for now

God, it’s raining hard tonight
most of it are pieces of my heart
don’t try to save them
as they splatter across your path
I have enough left inside me
it’s not quite
a bloodbath
yet

are you the one?
you are singing the song
dancing the dance
talking the talk
walking the walk
you might just be in
with a chance
except
from the corner of your eye
I detect
a lie

I am
totally
and
completely
in love
with
the man
you
used
to be

Your love is like
navy blue silk
that everyone adores
but few can afford

If I were you
I wouldn’t bet on me
the odds are stacked
against the pureness
of your heart

When I left you
I didn’t realise
there was a tiny morsel of you
sewn into my heart
forever

There is
just a little too much talk in this room
random words
escaping from well formed empty
lips
vacuous thoughts
escaping and taking form
causing laughter
but not reform
there is
just a little too much empty
frivolity
in this room

And though I tried to hide
my smile
you found it

You will always be
the missing piece
in our weird
little
three piece family
jigsaw

The flames are climbing high now
out of control
they are burning our life down
we stand
paralysed by their power
and not a one around us
invested enough
to pass a bucket of water

You dug deep
into the heart of me
to find your gold
then claiming your treasure
laughed out loud
and sailed away.

When we are all
piled up and held up
and ******* and styled up
maybe then
and only then
when we all feel safe
we will eventually start to think
about escape

All of this
means nothing
the grandeur
the opulence
the pride
if we are both dead
inside

The most beautiful sand ever
beneath my feet
the most beautiful people
eyes could ever meet
India
her sons
her daughters
laid out
today
sacrosanct
and
sacrificed
for slaughter

Yep,
I ****** up
I lost my head
you can either
blame me
hate me or
forgive me
leave me
or still love me
instead.

We have always run
just a beat ahead
of the incoming storm
I have always loved you
just a beat ahead
of the rising morn

The winds are gale force
hold the line
and I will too

I just cannot write the words
that I want
cannot find them anywhere
so I won’t
I will leave it
and try again tomorrow