Slow and silent
Soft and calm
It takes my arm

Often instant
Sometimes baited
It's appetite not satiated


Plaguing shadow hanging heavy
Darkened eyes - the token levy

And here now amongst this fog
Moods, interests clag and clog

I yearn for this cousin
Now and Him maybe
We shall see.

What difference can you spot
Between an alligator and a croc
Well first there's colours: light and dark
Which help to set the two apart
Or failing that try this for size:
Open up those beady eyes
And scan the length of your beast
The alligator will be least
Then last of all find jaw and snout
For then you'll know just all about
The rounded face - but don't reach in
He'll snaffle your arm with a top-toothed grin

Wide open eyes
Poor sedatives make
Smearing the guise
Smudging the fake

How long must
I sit and
Wait out trust
The slow sand

Softly trickling down
Now they close
Slips the crown
But I know

It won't be
For more than
This is me
The calm slam

Shut drawing mind
Ever closer in
Til darkness finds
And sleep wins.