some people drink
to remember

others drink
to forget

I drink
water

in a garden, slender with summer rose,
where the silvering petals
gathered whisky clouds and love,

the shadows smouldered
while the breezes built bridges of
leaves, in a darkening, near nocturnal world;

and i sat, marvelling at the pretty sunset,
at the shady boughs, at the gorgeous
sky in the fading light with its golds and blues

and i felt calm and settled, while the
sun grew smokey, burnt to ruin,
(in the soon ruined sky) dulling, nearly black.

Falling in love with you was not like a sea breeze or the trickle of a mountain stream.
It was a roaring gale with tempestuous seas carrying you to my arms.
I fell so deep I was drowning in your love.
I want to drown in your arms
Love me, drown me please.

Blue to gold
Gold to red
Red darkens
Black.

Specks of light
One by one
Filling my
View.

Low glow east
Full moon rise
Smiling at
Me.

I smile back.