Sanctuary
Place of rest
Oasis
The truth hasn't finished with me yet

The judge sits in his seat
The jury shuffle their feet
To the nether lands of my soul escapes a dream
To oasis

Tell me,

When the final question has been asked
And the final judgement has been passed
What then?
My love
My dove...

Will truth be satisfied?
That to myself I have not lied?

Lay down your shield
Your sword and your gun
Just for this while
Let the fighting be done
Come rest your head
In the shade
My love,
My dove
Here
In sanctuary
Place of rest
Oasis.

The Fire-Horse snorted Fire and was gone
The Wood Dragon was left
In a forest of lost dreams
A reason in mind she could not see

And the Sheep she bleated
And the Monkey she chatted
'Is this what I want?'
Said the thousand little voices in her head

The busy bee flew in her ear
And down the long and twisty hall
Alive with thoughts unwanted
The Dragon sat with a knotted tail

Mummy we need you
Mummy we need you
Mummy we need you
Woke the Dragon from her reverie

She flew off and flew with a flurry
For to save her children dear
Found in the wicked paw
In the midst of a were-wolfs lair

Now his ears' being in tune with the ether
The Fire-Horse flew across the sky
In a blaze he was beside her
Saving their children dear

And the Sheep she bleated
And the Monkey she chattered
'What took you so long?'
Said the thousand little voices in her head.

Well in anger they breathed their worst
And together their fire raged
This time not at each other
But at the wolf in his cave

Out he came very coward
With his tail between his legs
Oh he pleaded a greasy mercy
But they sent him packing in a burning blaze!

You and me
We share unfinished conversation and broken sentences
And in between the moments interrupted
Are long white tenses.

We swim in a sea of great big ears
And look at a sky of wide eyes
And there on the shore
A hundred mouths or more
Ready to Shout
Out
LOUD

All the snippits and snappets
Spread like butter
All bittered and battered
How would you like some feelings on your toast
To haunt you like a ghost
Just something shared
Just some kind care
So why's it lying there
Shivering and bare

So I'm writing and thinking and fighting and tempted
To crawl through the floor
I'm lying on my bed
trying to remember what was said
Some kind of question
To try or test me
What kind answer
Will rest me.

I've got feelings with no voice
Feelings with no choice
Over what they are
Despite what I said about owning your own star
Sometimes I wonder
Do stars unite
In the night
And are feelings
Something to fight?

You know if I could I would
Love you
And shouldn't
Just wouldn't
Know.

If I could
Reach through the distance
Just for a moment
And touch you

If you could
Allow yourself
The pleasure to feel
For that moment until
The moment was gone

Then you could let all your walls
Swallow the hole again
Leave you to yourself again
Or whatever
Just don't be frightened

You go as far
As your own star

If I told you I envy you
And the life you have all around you
If it looked like I wanted to steal
Your lucky star
Hitch-hike a ride
In your lucky car
Just don't be frightened

I know we only go far
When we follow our own star