We make these simple promises,
to those we love
Holding them together on the strings of kites
and send them away
up into the crystal blue sky
to be forgotten forever.

In grade school
they told me
not to pursue music
because I was
so lousy at it,
so, just to show them,
I proceeded
to study music
for about
a thousand years,
and I came up
with a kind of music
which is so intentionally wrong
that it is perfect,
except not many people
seem to think so,
since I get
about three listens
to each song,
so I'm not exactly
a hit,
if you know
what I mean,
but, you know,
I think
I'm some kind
of genius Mozart
or something,
of course
maybe not.

'and she's off... '

once there was a girl
who carried silence as an abused weapon
she didn't use it often
but when she did
it was a silence that killed
or created, depending on the situation
she would talk and talk and talk
until most were convinced
she had nothing to say
and then she would stop
no explanations
no excuses
no anything
and then she would wait
impatiently
for the inquiries to start
was she angry
or sad or confused
what was she thinking
the simple truth of it all was
nothing
she wasn't contemplating the meaning of life
or the meaning of anything, for that matter
she was playing a game
a silly, childish game
of false mystery and pretense
because she was
at the end of it all
nothing more than an attention *****.
the end

She was sure of the shore,
much before the crushing storms
buried her at four - shoveled and pale
Sunk her soul
the brutal gales wailed

Tides dragged her off without a name
she lived where seashells lay
No words to speak, the silence keeps
fear's troubling beasts at bay

Cold watery world, no place for a girl
she sleeps now in a fern's curl
songbirds sing of forest's green
the frond gently unfurls

The mists rise over
The waters at Asuka;
Memory does not
Pass away so easily.

~~
Asuka gawa
Kawa yodo sarazu
Tatsu kiri no
Omoi sugu beki
Koi ni aranuku ni

cut me a slice of heaven.

let the creamy happiness tickle my lips.

ever since you dipped your feet in my pond, relentlessly and without fear; my walls came crumbling down.

it’s easier to feel the bliss, than to admit to the whole world the affect you have on me.

as the surface of my nails graze against your arm gently, i felt a jolt.

the way you look into me when no light played a part.

the way you pulled me just that much closer to you, it’s as if you could hear how fast my heart was beating in the dead silence of the room.

i gave in to your embrace, i gave in to the way you whispered, darling.

i gave in my whole body, heart and soul to you. to your trap.

all it took was one gentle pull.

the kiss that you planted on my forehead, sealed the deal.

i was yours to hold, to keep and to break into a million pieces.

do to me what you will.

for your love is the only one i want to experience.

for your love is the only thing that can shake me to the core.

for your love is powerful enough to break the unbreakable.



**i would rather have you for a moment than never at all in my lifetime.

Your soft words reach me
through the misty blue,
like the gentlest rain,
they quench the thirst
of my arid soul,
and bring to life
an aging poet's heart,
as he looks over the horizon,
for a new beginning.

(c) 28/10/2009