Shadows sliding down,
Enshrouding the mountainside,
Heralding day's end

Gleaming morning dew
Kisses the flowers awake
Intimate mornings

May my words
Be the blanket
That keep you warm

Her poetry is a song
Sung by the earth itself

Banishing darkness
Spreading light over the land
Golden glow supreme

Let me sink another glass of wine
To bring me closer to the divine
I don't mean a God of any kind
(If you're religious I hope you don't mind)
I mean the place inside of me,
Where I know lives good poetry

There's too much beige in the world.
Let me write you a rainbow

She runs downhill
With the wind at her back.
She has wings on her feet
Smoke trails from the back
But she trips on a lace
And falls to the ground
Flat on her face
With a cracking sound
And tears spring to her eyes
And the lip starts to shake
Taken by surprise
Did anything break?
Invincible no more
With blood galore
But an angel wraps her wings around her
And she feels eternal love surround her

Trees, a canopy
Of gold and green above me
Wonder of the woods

Evolved from apes?
We hide our treacherous deeds behind smiling faces.
Our leaders offer up promises worth
Their weight in air.
Our children are a future we're slowly but surely destroying.
We didn't evolve.
The apes just realized the jungle is safer

The sun sets on another day.
A family bereft and broken
A new baby birthed
A debilitating grief
A rousing celebration
A voice no longer heard
A song newly sung
A memory, so soon to fade
A future, to be filled with memories.
The moon watches over the altered earth
And tomorrow the sun will rise on another day

As the earth shaped him,
He in turn gave shape to earth
Bringing soil to life

And the tap drips on.
Will it scorch or soothe?
Will it gush like a waterfall?
Or trickle like a stream?
This thirst quenching giver of life.
Will you drink from it?
Or immerse yourself completely?
The choice is yours.
And the tap drips on.

They experience an exhilirating flight
Adrenaline of pure joy mixed with fright
Hair flying back in the summers breeze
They're as one with the birds in the trees
And as their feet reach out to touch the sky
I mourn my inner child

Scars carved on skin and souls
Remind us we've survived

The dying sun
Sets the land on fire
And the sea
Reflects her glory

She reached out to him
He reached out to her
Nerves jangling
And lips shredded by unsure teeth
Eyes widened in anticipation
And adrenaline pumping.
Limbs shaking in fear
And nervous excitement
He reached out to her
She reached out to him
They reached out and touched the stars

Poets read
Poets write
No poet is wrong or right

I took my skeletons
And put them in the closet
Way back where no one
Could ever find them
But the noise of clacking bones
Haunted me daily.

You came along
And opened the doors
Danced with the skeletons under sunlight
Until their bones crumbled to dust

And held my hand as the dust was carried away by the wind

Try as I might, and I really do
No words can convey my love for you

Children dangle feet in water
And trouts nibble upon
Their fleshy worms.
A rising wind whips fish
Into a furious frenzy
And the river roars
To warn the infants
But it's too late
And a beautiful baby
Becomes a ragdoll

He looked upon love
And was blinded.
Sight is over-rated

Car crashes
Broken bodies
Lost loves
Shell shocked
Sweet sorrow's
Weeping words
Breaks boundaries.

I got lost
Within your soul.
I'm no longer missing

My poetry flows
Through my veins.
Sink your teeth in
And sample my life force.
If you don't like the taste,
Don't drink

There's a moment
Just before waking
When silver and orange glows
Mix on an unearthly pallate
When hearts are still in dreams
And early birds play
Background music.
In this moment you reach for me
Before your eyes
Can even check I'm there
And I know in that moment
I was in your dream
That moment is bliss

One voice
Drips acid
Spits venom
Poisons thoughts
Encourages jealousy
Rushes through like an inferno obliterating hapiness
Preaches hatred and receives hatred in return

The other
Showers love
Hugs with passion
Kisses with fervour
Encourages growth
Tiptoes through like a trickling river
Leaving me sated
Supports all and receives support in return.

I know which voice I'd rather listen to.

I can never be lonely.
You are always with me