When as newborns Adam and Eve
In perfect equilibrium I believe
Lived a life of great harmony
In unison, the vile serpent and apple
In their conspiracy, caused the battle
And then there was company.
Adam and Eve, when betrothed
Spoke in a melodious sign language
All unspoken words sweet as treacle
Married…Adam morphed into a yokel.
Leaving, their nudist camp - forbidden
Established in the Garden of Eden.
Adam decided to wear raiment grand
Latest fashions, latest brands
Speech became dependant on the depth of his pocket
If shallow, as a daily dose, from Eve, he’d get the rocket.
If only instead, had they eaten the serpent…an unholy conspirator
Today Eve would’ve listened and Adam been the mellifluous orator.

As we sat at the bus station
Looking at the incessant rain
How the raindrops hung precariously
On the wires of the electric poles
The droplets close to each other
As they slid closer, they became one
Turned into a drip and splashed on to the ground.

Seeing a rivulet forming, she made little paper boats
Set them afloat saying their destination was the sea
Her distant dream a cause of consternation for me
My fear that the tiny stream would soon turn into a torrent
Break all embankments and destroy all in a flood
Sink the hapless little boats, her dream shattered.

Concerned about the ever increasing deluge
Little realizing that along with the collapsing boats,
Helplessly, I too was being ****** in by the rush of water
Being washed away from her, adrift without oars or a rudder
My last view of her, tears running down her cheeks
Were they the tears, dreams, boats or me that were being washed away?
How I wish I could have known…before she vanished from my view*.

There she stood with a forsaken look,
Holding close to her breast a tattered book
Suddenly her nervous gaze fell upon me
I froze; my eyes glazed and I couldn’t see.

Couldn’t bear the sadness in her eyes
My heart was filled with un-exhaled sighs
Suffered she had a lot, in life’s meandering by - lane
The passing gusts hurting her like a hapless wind vane.

An emotional upsurge welled deep inside me
To protect her, to warm her freezing hands
To offer her solace, comfort her
And take upon myself the cause of her misery
But the moment was lost, as if ****** in by the sea
She was gone, in the desert, like a billowing grain of sand.

An entrancing soul and a classical beauty,
In freezing weather standing under the yew tree
Who was she? I guess I shall never know
A misty dream still lingers inside my heart’s window.

By Dee
Deborah Brooks

My colors fade into the night
as my dreams of you unfold,
with hues of passion, a red so bright
paint a beautiful world for me

Painting into all shades of passion
The work of art that your face bestows
On a canvass that has been left blank
Awaiting your arrival, by happen-stance?

There is a moment when I look at you
and I am left speechless
my tongue breaks, then fire races under my skin
I tremble…grow pale,
for I am dying of such love, or so it seems to me

As you tremble in silence, I look at embers in your eyes
Sparkling with a love so divine
Does your tongue need to form words?
When your fire singes my soul, lighting it

Silently you take me in your arms
our lips meet and our eyes close
I feel the shuddering of your breath
and the throbbing of your heart against mine….
we know nothing but the thunder of our veins….
tidal waves sweep us out into a sea of infinite oblivion

Sailing over the tidal waves as we move along
With each stroke of the oar
I ride each trough and crest writing a new song
A part of you and a part of me
Consigned forever…to the annals of history
Are we reaching the shores of heaven
Blissful, unmindful of past or present…

A dream
By Dee
Debbie Brooks


Restless sleep last night

I tossed left and right

Across the everglades and leas 

I saw you running towards me. 



Out of breath, you came & clasped my hand

My heart pounding, I could barely understand, 

The distress, pain, aches reflected in your eye

Not a word spoken, yet all said by your sigh. 
  

I saw a teardrop rolling down your cheek

Adios my darling, hitherto we shall never meet

‘The dawn arrives’, is what you said silently

Why can’t you linger awhile? I beseeched fervently.



Confused paralyzed, I let you go 

And you were lost, gone – ergo

As I sat on the broken bench to catch my breath

I wondered was I, in holding on out of depth? 



Alas…I pray

Would you come back into my dream again tonight? 

Not to leave, but to stay on even after daylight? 

Not to cause agony & pain

But to stay, forever remain.

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My love, I saw you in your dream
I traveled oh so far, waiting for an invitation
To be part of you once again
Your mind entwined with mine
Drove my heart to yours
And dreamed me so many times


Your dreams become my restless sleep
Tossing and turning with touches of your lips
That keeps me flooding with touches and love
That’s when I was running to you
You saw my teardrop, with touch of desperation


My heart pounding not understanding
The need I had for you,
Whispering we should ever meet,
Please do not let me go,
Your dreams are my dreams
Even in the daylight

I can taste your love like rain on my tongue
You teased my dream with droplets of you
With so many wild pleasures that lay in store
As our happiness dazzled before our eyes
Our dreams made one, that last time …

Every morning in my garden I see
A fluttering gentle little soprano
Humming the song of her life
Hovering around seductive colours
Tasting, sipping nature’s recipe
Fluttering wings, ****** heart beat
Waltzing in midair to a melody so sweet
Happy to be alive, genuflecting for gifts of life

Every morning in my garden I pray
I wish what she wished was a reality
Not an illusion, a self delusional creation
Her happiness momentary, squashed in infancy
Hawks, raptors, eagles await in anticipation
With scythes in their hands…
Sharpening them, vying with each other
Whose morsel shall she be
I wish what she wished was a reality

For her will there be a tomorrow …?