Giving wispy vapour to her breath
Cool cold afternoons alone
A hovering air of mysticism
Over our brooding beach
Sad because the lovers are not there
Man in the bushes looking down
But they are not there
No longer
They have gone
Their closeness torn apart
So let me tell you again and again and again
A caring arm around his shoulders
In his eyes
A once-clear oceanic blue
Now fraught with inconceivable pain
Wavered under water
Tears telling torrid truths
He couldn’t face them
Like the glowering image in the mirror
You don’t see in your mind’s eye
The compensation
Only the delusion
We see him sitting on the concrete steps
That led down to the dew-laden garden
She’s peering up
Sensing her diffuse companion
His glare giving crispness to the stealth of the dulling evening
But the bite of air couldn’t lift the sorrow
Of pale hearts in love
Shadowed by many a scoffing eye
Rejection hurt
Sweet angel it hurts
Wrenches deep
Emotion that we can't deny
Welcome joy
And welcome sorrow
Come today brother
Stab me tomorrow
I do love you both together
I ache for that sneer
And to hear your laugh amid the thunder
My funereal heart
Shipwrecked
Nightshade
Serpents are all around us
Cleopatra regal-dressed
With the asp at her breast
Wolves every one of them
Vultures preparing for the feed of their petty lives
Giddy for the poisonous wine
Do not suffer dear swan King
I kiss thy pale forehead
I remove every tear
Your partner in your sorrow's mysteries
And drown the wakeful anguish of the soul
Imprison my soft hand
And let me be happy
And feed deep
Deep upon these peerless eyes
She dwells within your beauty
Beauty that has died
And her hand
That hand is forever at his lips
Bidding adieu again
And aching with the pleasure of his touch
Bruises on her skin still reminders of their love
Here geez'
Good to see ya
In the very temple of delight
Turning to poison and then have gone
Veiled melancholy has her sovran shrine
His soul tastes the sadness of her might
The day is gone
And all its sweets are gone
Sweet voice, sweet lips, soft hand
Warm breath, light whisper, tender semitone
Bright eyes, accomplished shape
And lang'rous waist
Faded the flower and all its budded charms
Faded the sight of beauty from my eyes
Faded the shape of beauty from my arms
Faded the voice
Of fragrant curtained love
Begins to weave into a knotted pit
But, as I've read love's missal
I love you now and forever
He'll let me sleep
Seeing I fast and pray
Nebuchadnezzar had an ugly dream
He had made a nest for mice and rats
Think not of it, sweet one
Give it not a tear
Sigh thou mayst, and bid it go
Do not swoon so sad, sweet one
Sad and fadingly
Shed one drop then
It is gone
Weep, I'll count your tears
And each one shall be a bliss
Brighter as it left thine eyes
And thy whispering melodies
Are tenderer still
As all things mourn awhile
At fleeting bliss
Where has my poet gone
He is the other half of the sky
Alone now
Oh brother swim away your tears on our beach
Oh brother I weep
Oh brother I want to sleep
Oh brother the story of O
The sacred place lies dormant now
I look through a box labelled ephemera
Mixed emotion and thoughtlessness
After all it is written in the stars
