Fences

I despise this mundane prose.
Keep your lies interesting, poetic,
because even this 'realism'
is only a pale shade of the truth.

Crooked fences climb higher
and build a barrier between us and the world.
But I'm not the person I was before,
and I don't seek your approval anymore.....

My Ivy House

I'm getting back.
Getting back to the place
I wanted to be.
Getting back home
but home has changed for me.
The house still looks as it did before.
The walls still hold the structure while the ivy
moves in twisted tangles over the bricks.
And I realise....
Home is not what has changed.
It's me.

What is Love?

We say we don't want to interfere
We say we don't want to stir the waters
and move the mud that lies beneath -
But how can we love and stand by
while the ones we love move towards
an ill-fated future?

That is not Love.

Love is words

Love is action

Love is life

Gone

I'm going round in circles,
spinning my way through thoughts unspoken.
It's hard to find an answer to the problem,
and fix what is now broken.

But now, using this knowledge about you;
making these choices and mistakes too,
learning from these faux-pas
being realistic and not wishing on a star........

When will you stop living in fear?
Get your act together or I'm outta here.....
And as I sit amid this sea of faces
I realise we're heading different places......

Heart and Head

House. Attic. Ladders. Stairs.
Locked doors. Overgrown gardens,
shared with friends.
Journeys taken
Beliefs are shaken

What do these dreams mean?

Searching for these answers
learning to see my mind
perhaps I am scared of what I will find -
or maybe I already know the answer?

They say love is all you need.
That God supplies you with the love to feed you.
But what my head might know
my heart chooses not to follow
Can I get myself in sync
and match my heart with what I think?

The Light In You

The sound of you
I can hear it
I can feel it

The life in you
I can see it
I can feel it

All over you.......

The light in you
I can touch it
bathe in it too

Coz in that light of you
I am made clean
I am made new

And if this moment of insight
isn't enough for me
then I'll never be free.
I need your love
so cover me now
before I am gone -
lost in the flood......

Roads End

Sitting in the cemetery that day
A picture of life at its end
sucked dry of it's passion
By Loss and Love.
It's only a second so make it count.
Be Big. Make a name,
renew that old flame
Start a revolution,
Move against the grain.
Be original but don't stand out.
Earn your piece.
Earn you piece of this world
Then watch it decay
When you no longer inhabit
The temporary flesh that
Covers your soul.

Street Of Dreams

Howz your life today?
Walking home with that person you barely know.
Walking down the street of dreams......

Did it hold so much promise in the night,
Full of people and full of light?
But in the light of day
In it's stink and decay
It causes you to wonder...

You slip unknowing between poetry and prose

This street of dreams
This street of weeds

Full of those resolutions.....
How many fell from grace;
Made a fatal mistake?
Breaking the pact that held them tight and safe

This street of weeds
On this street of dreams
All you wanna do is scream.....

Restless One

Thunder rips the sky......

Lightening tears apart the dark
A perceptive eye exposes my heart.
I abandoned structure for you
coz I thought this freedom would see me through.

Since that moment, late nights call this one again.
My restless one, bring me comfort don't bring me pain....
These late nights will be the death of me
Coz when I'm awake you're all I see
And even when I close my eyes
The image of you in my mind lies.
And cradled in your arms I rest
This weary head against your chest.

Say you're here to stay,
Bring me comfort, don't bring me pain.

Take It All

Take this broken body and make it new.
Take this life and this heart too.
Mend it. Use it. Make it great.
Teach it to love and not to hate.
Take this mind, this feeble thought
Take it all. With blood it was bought.

Far From Here

Tides sweep across the bay
Carrying us far away.
Moving on this waters journey
To the ocean
Far. Wide. Deep.
So say we'll keep this moment
The rest of our lives
Pure and untouched.

We all have crosses to bear
Sins to escape
I just don't know
How to get out of this place.

Take me far from here
Where the past meets the presence in fear
Take me, my hand in yours
And walk along foreign shores
Far from here.