I can only face you with amazing grace
Gracefulness of heart
Heartfelt pleas upon the lines around my eyes
Eye on the goal of ultimate peace
Peace, perfect peacefulness upon the lips that sigh...
Sigh then stop still and in the fullness of time
Time...that waits for blessed moment after moment
Moments that will stand the test
Testing our strength and courage
Courage to face the world with truth
Truth that saves these faces.... soon it will be time
Time to dance, time to grieve, time to serve and time to be....

Yes I know what to say
I just don't want to
Let me sit a while longer
Let my fingertips freeze
Everything I touch
Stop still
Cover the clock
Hide the tick
Banish the tock
Let me drop
To the floor
I can't ignore it
Wouldn't want to
I'm alone
Surrounded by others
I'm the same predicament
Another attempt
To scratch my name
Into the dust
Of those who have walked the path
Oh what discontent

Time is my walk in the other direction
When you realise it's not quite the connection
Time is refusing the destruction of self in the face of others determination
Time is the ticking of blood a variation on their attempt at suffocation
Time is the reflection in others eyes
Of the pain of separation
Time is side stepping the devastation
Thank you for the liberation

Drum beat
Heels click
Water drip
Falls into place
Your face
Our space
Echoing
Beckoning
Prerequisite
Composite
Definite
Rivers of belief
What to achieve
Deep breath
No stress
Nothing to confess
Brave enough
Saved enough
Enough hope
Prayers
Silent stares
Eyes wide
Turn the tide
Seize the day
This is the day
Come what may

Standing there so close
I could read your thoughts
For they matched mine
Magnetised on the platform
You pacing, looking, sighing
I stood still
Time stood still
Ten minutes
Ten whole minutes
Tick tick tick
Train clattering down the tracks
As it gets nearer you get further away
Eyes lock
Time stood still
Ten seconds
Ten whole seconds
Tick tick tick
Standing there so close
You could read my thoughts
For they matched yours
Door closes
You pace, look, sigh
I stand still
Time stands still
Train clatters down the track
As I get further away I wish you were nearer
Ten seconds
Ten whole seconds
Why didn't you stand still
And just talk to me?

Where is the love, lust and all encompassing passion?
Waves of euphoria replaced by a deep depression.
I thought it was more than just a temporary liaison.
It was mind body and soul, not a forbidden distraction.
A perfect life? Reality bites it was but an illusion.
Right wrong? I don't know,certainty is replaced by confusion.
I am feeling the pull of time...it's my form of regression
I hate these feelings,my pain my only expression.
I am afraid that you have formed the wrong impression.
I don't want you to hate me,I just wanted a decision.
Happiness quickly followed by mistrust and superstition.
What you do feels like a form of oppression.
Thoughts of you conjure up hurt anguish and aggression.
I have done nothing wrong, loving you ...my only confession.
A future? only dreams...never meant to come to fruition.
We could have been happy if we'd only given ourselves permission.
I know it was all in my mind...quite an exquisite delusion.
When all is said and done I have learnt a valuable lesson.
I need to stop this destructive obsession.
We were never meant to be one another's  prize possession.

She was.
So I can be the person I'm supposed to be.
And the person you will become.

Look into his eyes
Do you have the time
To give him the peace in your mind?

Haven't we surrendered and searched for time.
Dragged our weary bones till they break.
Seeking out solace and enlightening
Thoughts.
Sentences hidden without paragraphs, silence take.

Earth and water on which we fear to tread.
Scared of the sacrifices we have to make.
Dancing barefoot on cracked eggshells,
Letting delicate meanings have their escape.

We sigh with heavy diaphragm plagued by shallow breath.
Your image in my memory I shall not forsake.
Untie the ribbons that bind body and  heart.
Time for two souls to soar...so feel the life...  in our wake.

Did you really believe you could just kick me in the teeth.
Try and knock my self belief?
Your attempt to punish has come as a blessed relief.
What did you think you'd achieve...
When you picked at the scars others left
Good grief... You thought I'd stay right where you left me
What lies beneath?
You will find the answer in my laughter
I believe in my happy ever after
What exactly were you after?

If I take a breath will you take the next?
I wish I had your time again.

I saw the whole of the inside of you from the hole in your side.
I stood beside and watched you fight
Hand in hand side by side
I wanted my insides to show
On the outside
Too many downsides making up for the upsides
Everything turned upside down
My insides had turned inside out
Did my pain on the outside show
Your pain on the inside
I saw the whole of you from the hole in your side
I've let you see the other side of me
The whole of me.
That is the upside to the downside of the hole in your side.

I turn my face
To morning chorus
Of fresh breeze
Of expectant shadow
I hold out my hand
To the space that's you
In that single moment
My perfect happens

We would meet on a Friday.
Where?
Under the big clock.
The excitement building all day.
Time slowly ticking, tick tock, tick tock.
A passionate long lingering kiss.
Where?
You know...under the clock.
Oh your wide open arms I miss.
Time slowly ticking, tick tock, tick tock.
We are alone in suspended animation.
Eyes wide transfixed staring.
This moment our own creation.
Time for us alone, each other sharing.
Where?
Same place under the clock.
An amazing all encompassing elation.
Time moves slowly tick tock tick tock.
Hold the hands of time, our fingers entwined.
When?
Someday soon under the clock.
You know you are always on my mind
My heart beats in time with yours tick tock, tick tock.

Will you take these words from me?
Will you see them written on feathers?
Will you see the birds spread them on their wings?
Will you see them scattered to the wind?
Will you catch them with open hands?
Will you place them on your cheek?
Will you live them...breathe them in?
Will you watch them soar higher than you ever imagined?
Will you?

You may see the rags
But they are the feathers
I wear with pride
For they are mine
They tell a story of the journey
I Will always have in my perfect mind

My tears  drip on the earth,
the earth that covers your body.
The wind rips the words from my mouth.
I want to hold time in my hands.
Stop,still.
Then turn the clock face.
To another hour,
a different place.
Look into your eyes a little longer,
hold you a little tighter.
Take the pain,
banish the shame.
Read the silences in the lines around your eyes.
Feel the heat,
fear the cold.
Savour the moments of pure joy,
immerse myself in the laughter.
Open my arms,
erase the anger.
I'm better for knowing you.
My only wish...
That you could have stayed a little longer.

Count to ten
Click your heels
Then wave a magic wand
Take my hand
Hold on tight
As we unravel the rope
Hurry hurry
Roll up roll up
Maybe click our fingers in unison
Giggles bubble up
Escaping....mixing with air
Gather up the tears that fall at your feet
I'll patch up your grazes
You will help me out of scrapes
Hair flowing down my back
As the wind kisses my cheek
We sneak out into the dark
You saw my dreams in the dappled light
I could read your mind through my little eye

Open the book
Turn the page
Let The smell of the ink invite
Your senses
Let the words fill your head
With all the perfect things
You've not yet said

I'm sighing and crying simultaneously
My throat is dry and full of words
I feel faint and wide awake
There's fire and water in my head
Electric current fizzes and silences
Sickness overwhelms and life affirms
Pins and needles numb
Blind eyes see the voice
Lifeless body feels the force
Beautifully fierce in damage
Heart pumps imagination
Dream real stops dead
Shocks pause for breath
Bring me back with your words
Whispered on the wind.

So today is the day.
I played my part
Here I stand
I want to count
The die is cast
An anxious wait
I marked the spot
I passed the test
Remembered
How to spell X

Look look look
Can you see?
I mean really see
Stop, pause, breathe
Look around
Then focus
Open your eyes
Wide
Look with your ears
Look with your mind
Look with your skin
Look look look
Did you see?
I mean really see
Did you?
Stop, pause, breathe?
Look
Around
Then focus
With open eyes
So wide
Did you hear?
Did you think?
Did you feel?
Now you see
You can really see
You, yes you, you
And that's enough
It's enough for all of us
You you you
We could see you
Now you can see you too

Your warm embrace,
your face With it's amazing grace-
fullness of heart.
Right at the start,
from the moment you spoke to me
Your soft caressing words...
I can't explain,
the day our heads became
A force to be reckoned with.
My huge soul with a gaping hole is filled with light.
The truth in your voice,
I have no choice...
To follow in your foot step-
in time to the beat of the blood flowing through your veins.
I can't explain,
the day our hands became
a brain to write with...
My lifeless bones within the skin you wrap around them,
are filled with hope.
The wounds are healing scars from the past.
I breathe out me so I can breathe in you.
I can't explain,
The day our feet became
the beat to push us forward
To light and life I raise a toast to the force that brought us together.
I have no choice
but to hear your voice
Now and forever.

I could pour your smile in my tea
Stir in your laugh
Add that sparkle from your eye
Sprinkle on a dash of your humility
Clink China cups...raise a toast to you and me
Oh my...what a perfect start to my day
That would be.