-
smoke curls like whimsy

happiness is glass

seconds matchless treasure

cut short like barley grass

–

stay a moment more

hold another hand

keep a promise longer

linger smile so grand

–

if I could hold this minute

keep this sugar air

peace could blanket time

we would be so rare

•
you were there again

in your violet ruffled silk

pearls of opal fire

hair like buttermilk

•

violins were somewhere

low harps and red guitars

i remember laughter

lips and whirling stars

•

i look for you at twilight

moon of sapphire cream

the cold sky so wide

you in my dream

felt it leave that day
no craft binds it here
-
in tickling grass of copper fields
a kiss and disappear
-
a slight caress of shadows
seductive draining touch
-
a wind of colored madness
no breath that matters much
-
it left the screaming whispers
to roam the time that lasts
-
it fell into the empty
and left this world of glass

carbon dust and asphalt

cruel sun and trash

acid breeze is smoky

crumpled bits of cash

–

cardboard in his fingers

black from vanished soap

he thinks of different times

and evil torment hope

–

the linen was so soft

she was flowers in the air

on damp concrete he dreams

of wind in her hair

whisper to me darling

only with your heart

in apricot and opal grass

like doves that never part

–

your spirit blankets me

with your satin floral bliss

on clouds of purple cotton

where stars and twilight kiss

–

this empty night is filled

this frost has no more cold

you are my only air

you are the peace I hold

it was you i see

without single fail

black smile of fire

behind a princess veil

–

oceans with this rock

grimy massive stone

you wash me like rain

no one dies alone

–

i’m thinking of you now

my shadow is your sprite

darkness comes like velvet

i kiss you in the night