Brimming with black steeds, green bowls overflow with walls of raining lava in ****** mode Pinning down paradise beneath your brown thumb, see it wriggle away in mockery of your arty drivel Only you can thrash on, as magically as a thought which pops in rude bursts - - - then away it flies
In a silent harbour of study, all the imperfections of my breathing that the mirror glances back at me I try hard not to swallow failure wholemeal, in the course of a day - - - I choke so many times And angel wings brush by in shy embrace, but I shove its clemency flat on its face
And in vehement denial of anything beautiful - - - it is not present, save through you I can submerge so easily, if only to succumb to the silence and the peace The muted bubbling around my head and throbbing against my ears and pressing on my arms So comforting
Instead, there’s too regular clicking to the detriment of supple joints And licking of lips and silent brooding in steeped corners Any effort to siphon the stillness in the air is severed by intrusions
And the lake beckons me - - - my broken feet follow