sliding down light beams
in spaces where they pierce gloom
incantations
drums
arrows' direct hit
it appears my fortifications have failed

@journeyofdays

are we just a sum of moving parts
held together with an energy
of will

                                 ….tell me there is more to it than this


@journeyofdays

it presses
hard against
chest
squeezing
heart
and
the breath
from lungs
sending
brain spinning
clawing
at the ropes
on the suspension bridge
walked everyday
swaying above
fall

@journeyofdays

if you can sing about it
will it become legend

@journeyofdays

I can hear little voices
they are in the garden next door
it has been such a long time
since that music
tinkled through the air

@journeyofdays

this story
logic
not hanging together well
pieces are missing

@journeyofdays

listening to you
make meaning
but
too many parts
missing

@journeyofdays

if I left
went missing
positive
only I would notice

@journeyofdays

"we were all asleep in the anaesthetic of the lies that are generations old"

complicit
we now search the floor for the pieces of our soul
the parts that blew apart when we
saw
heard
then knew
the truth of our circumstance
and the course we were on
and we still said yes

"we were all asleep in the anaesthetic of the lies that are generations old"

complicit
we sang the patriot’s hymn
danced with the war machine
followed our orders
lived
nearly died
and saved our brethren
anesthetized to the horror
they knew we would live

"we were all asleep in the anaesthetic of the lies that are generations old"

complicit
no longer
we are now awake to the lies
and drama
not of our making
no longer game pieces
in global board games
faceless men play with
innocent lives

"we were all asleep in the anaesthetic of the lies that are generations old"

complicit
in truth
the reality of our now
we choose life
restoring our heart
to work in the harvest
our generation makes this stand
one life to make His mark
on a century of souls


@journeyofdays

you think this night is dark
there are darker places
within the hearts of men
in the locker of secrets
those that are never told
and not forgotten
even if the manifest was lost



@journeyofdays

that ocean
yeah
cried that one
land reclamation now underway

@journeyofdays

do you hear the hounds
they have you scent
the cologne only masks the rot
human olfactory systems
get hung up on the incidentals
the hounds
to them you reek
the unlying smell of your guilt
they are locked on mate
you had better get moving

@journeyofdays

pittosporum undulatum
such a beautiful name
it speaks summer and warmer winds
that drift in from my garden

@journeyofdays

time for quiet revolution
now past
thinking has returned
again

think me a fool
I will not blindly follow
again

pendulum of natural law
is making the return trip
again

unlikely warriors
unlikely allies
His will
cannot be denied
again


@journeyofdays

spinning wheels and pointless conversations
resorting priorities with coloured tags
“to do" list that got trashed before coffee
and the general feeling of frazzled cat

@journeyofdays

1

sky disintegrating
more wreckage
I can see it coming
after fall

2

displaced
detached
gravity no longer
after fall

3

fluttering flames
orange and yellowing leaves
briefly blaze
beauty disappeared
decaying
after fall

4

nothing remains
we stand unwavering
having seen the kingdoms
reduced to dust
after fall


5

parched soil
repelling rainfall
it runs away
lost to drought
after fall


6

do you really know
what happens
to our souls
the essence
after fall



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churns up from nowhere
no warning systems for this type of storm
it bursts through the thin fabric
separating now from the past
the darkness
it is still very close
last night
it wore heels and was daubed with red lipstick
clicking along the linoleum
rapping out a familiar tattoo
banging at the scars in my head

@journeyofdays

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how do we dance
we cannot touch the ground
because it is no longer there
disappearing well before we the music started
what anchors us in gravity has been missing for some time
drift apart
our choice to perish
if we leave this orbit
we can dance between the stars

@journeyofdays

oh God this is beautiful
shifting dunes of ice and water vapour
suspended above a tropical lagoon
dropping down into layers
bleeding colours
layers running off to the horizon
hanging out in lazy drapes over mountains tops
slow dervishes
ignoring the beckoning
obscured puppet master
sinking into the sea

@journeyofdays

this gulf expanding between us
what passed for bridges have been washed away
the docks were torn down when the emissaries no longer sailed
nobody has seen a boat in years
sensibly no one offers to fly in the air space above the turbulent void

are you willing to chart the course once more
or do we turn to other shores
to cast our nets
avoiding the invading ocean
where there be dragons

@journeyofdays

grasping at these emotions
emotions only partially formed
formed in clouds
clouds of smoke left behind
behind my eyes
eyes that now
now see more
more than the clouds thought
thought the outcome would be different
different from this
this moving through clouds

@journeyofdays

when we fall
we fall hard
tearing down stars
crashing through skies
grinding out craters with our feet
churning  through oceans
smashing mountains
blasting out deserts
running rivers dry
shifting poles
resetting orbits
disintegrating ourselves
with a passion that destroys worlds
and births galaxies from our dust

@journeyofdays

tides not of my making
turning  
horizons
emerging
drift
@journeyofdays

too long hiding from truths
floating  in quiet water
drift

@journeyofdays

salt on the breeze
anointing  
healing
letting the mind
drift

@journeyofdays

weighed down
ceased struggling
peacefully
old ways loosening
to
drift

@journeyofdays

lost on a new sea
through necessity
learning to
drift

@journeyofdays

sounds so gentle
slow tearing
agony
torture in slow motion
drift

@journeyofdays

nobody is really sure
obvious things are gone
like missing paintings from the wall
stark relief of faded paper
what has gone missing
after the thief has been
it takes time to catalogue
the treasures that have been lost
crime perpetuates
you find the dust silhouette
where smaller things once stood

churning again the horror that flattened my life
the flash blindness still comes in waves
stealing little pieces thought safe
those sacred things
placed close to my heart
appear to have leaked away overnight
lured away
or repelled
cannot tell
but the thief has been back
there are fingerprints in the dust

@journeyofdays

entering sad pilgrimage to say good bye
impressions left on our hearts
guiding our steps
never left behind
but you are missed

@journeyofdays

tumbling up hills while running through air
singing songs underwater
lakes floating in space
spinning in circles and drawing  straight lines
needing to start but can’t find my pen
answering doors with nobody there
diving through snow escaping the heat
feeling my way through clouds that talk
wanting to wake but finding no strength
trying to speak with sand on my teeth
sweeping the floor and shifting the walls
chanting the prayers
throwing frisbees of lace
how can I sprint with skis on my feet
raging red sun bursting with ice
crazy these dreams unpacking my head

@journeyofdays

looking at this
such
a
mess
a life in pieces

@journeyofdays

forgiven*
for events not seen
in a time not lived


@journeyofdays

past now
forgiven
tell the future
that story ends now


@journeyofdays

not linear
forgiven
wipes the timeline and catalogue of injuries


@journeyofdays

forgiven*
what have you done
that actually requires this grace

@journeyofdays

restitution
how
in a world
not forgiven
speaking selective history

@journeyofdays

gifted gently
accepted without question
deeper
and now reborn forgiven

@journeyofdays

it comes gently
drifting in
speaking in whispers
shifting space

space in thoughts
now separating
clarity of intention
measured rhythm

rhythm in purpose
never unpaced
always on time
warming softly

softly unravelling
dormant knots
building up hope
comes gently

*before the rush

assuming is consuming
relationships in spades
it makes a joke
of gentlefolk
and strips the truth away

assuming is consuming
civility
replacing it with fear
it stops our thought
makes talk fraught
and
...well basically screws  up everything!

@journeyofdays

dinner
tonight
guest list
hmmm
I will be wearing combat boots
oh and the pearl drop earrings
topics of conversation
awe don’t worry about me
I’ll be fine
filter
not sure where that is
that ok with you

@journeyofdays

the die cast
path walked
steep
new vistas
now
bloom

@journeyofdays

did it come with trumpets
with lightning
awe and thunder

was fury unleashed
savage
with blind frenzy

no

it came gently
whispering
I see you
then
the ground shook

@journeyofdays

hold my heart
trust you
implicitly

@journeyofdays

sorrowful
no
life is just
still

@journeyofdays

closed my eyes
and
held my breath
said the words
counted it out
but
you are still here

@journeyofdays

melancholy*
will
stay for dinner too

@journeyofdays

stop it
not sure I can

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