The Door

Your eyes are sad and wide I see,

And rimmed with tears, but stoically

You set the laughter lines for me,

And knowing that you’ve been set free,

I falter at the door.

ALCHEMIST'S GOLD

Live in the void

And I wish you well

Untouched by the sound, the peel-less bell,

But each of the levels of dante’s hell,

Just a door to open, gateway for the soul

And the golden alloy, is alchemy’s goal

And when the bells peel,

And sound is not pained,

By alchemist’s fire, golden life is attained,

The music will not be harmony drained,

But a symphony of dance,

No jackets restrained,

For only then can we know,

what’s lost is not gained,

And a single, silent, cloud, can still bring rain.

Older grows things that I’ve seen

Some places been

And others dreamed

There is a place that will be mine

A land of storms or sea calm brine

Yet in the end our fates all rhyme

I’d pick up my bags and go away

Though heavy bags may be a sign

Perhaps another place, another time

Another place another time

Another place another time

Yet in the end our fates all rhyme

So I see her face down from the mountain

The light her eyes, an aura surrounding

And laughter it is her youthful fountain

I have to rewrite

Some thoughts long owned

Experience must needs re-grow

 Like the day was dressed

in mourning clothes

The funeral’s past, the coffin closed

We walk along the potted road

Trip and stutter

the long wide holes

But someone said       

there’ll be a wake

Attended by smiles so often faked

We drink your health

oh, dear departed

But remember when it all started

So now rewrite

Some thoughts long owned

Experience has been re-grown

And I have learned, or at least there’s hope

Another place another time

Another place another time

Though still in the end our fates all rhyme

The Shoe

Your eyes are sad and wide I see,

And rimmed with tears, but stoically

You set the laughter lines for me

But knowing that you’ve been set free

You falter from your history

Yet past is past and present too

Your days have been far too few 

To let the blisters form a queue

Time now to try another shoe

But Embers Lose Their Glow

I want to laugh

I want to cry

I want to know if you know why

Across a room

I saw your face

I felt the warmth of your embrace

And as you smile

The sun did shine

Into your arms I’d lived long miles

But I know that you are fire and ice

I know your flame can be so bright

But embers lose their glow

Ice in Spring it melts like snow

And yet I said that I need you so

But I don’t know if that was right

A partial loss of sight

Full Moon surrounds this writing night

So tell me please

You walked away

I want to know was it with ease?

But at my door

You turned and saw

No future to explore

As you turned

The sun came out

And from my voice you heard no sound

For I know that you are fire and ice

I know your flame can be so bright

But embers lose their glow

And ice in Spring as water flows

Did I say that I need you so?

But now I know that that’s not right

So now I’m sure that that’s not right

The Paradox

I’m a Saint, I’m a sinner,               

Not sure which one’s the winner,

Perhaps one day I’ll know

It’s your perception shapes the show    

An each way bet the sliding door

But can what’s changed be changed far more

And if what’s changed before is changed again

Did it really change at all; does blood still flow in the same veins

So can I close the sliding door

And then what’s changed shall echo more

Buying one thing not the other,

You’re in one shop, me another

Am I eclipsed by the Sun             

Or shadow overcast by someone            

And must the Stars realign, for you to re-assign

The role I want to play, in your grand design

I know I’m weak and I know I’m strong                  Sometimes I’m right       Sometimes I’m wrong

The wind is hot and blows for so long                      I missed you but didn’t know until you were gone

I missed you but didn’t know until you were gone

There’s a tunnel at the end of the light                  I’m on a train so long no end in sight

Another day it might feel wrong                                               Tonight my message is too long

Tonight my message is too long

About how I feel when I hear your voice                               And wonder why you made your choice

The paradox of life is what I haunt                           The more you love me the more you want

But when you know me, you know what not to want

Breaking news like a breaking heart                        I pretend not to care right from the start

But then I phone and hear your voice                     A perfect beginning but you made your choice

A perfect beginning but you made your choice

The paradox of life is what I haunt                           But when you know me, you know what not to want

So how do I buy a train ticket to get back              Or is my luggage always on the waiting rack

Yet the wine flows uphill in the dining car             While I look for my bridge too far

While I look for my bridge too far

No need to staunch clear blood that’s not yet flown

But still Bastille must be overthrown

But when you know me, you know what not to want

But when you know me, you know what not to want

I’m a Saint, I’m a sinner,               

not sure which ones the winner

Neither one thing nor the other,

I was in one shop; you were in another

Sometimes I think about the life that I have lead                                              

Some storms, some daylight, some greed and bread

Do I still have a reason here                       

Or is my purpose served my dear

Am I standing here eclipsed by Sun

And when solar shadow sets, will I still be here to run

I’m a Saint, I’m a sinner

Not sure which ones the winner                              

Neither one thing nor the other,

I was in one shop; you were in another

The Tunnel (and its ending light)

I can see the

Shining light that

Dances in time with your smile

Your laughing face

Through the roads of my life

But your eyes are worth walking that mile

As people and places

May blend over time

Your voice is a constant song

 And with each of the days

Is lifted the haze

As your shining light dances in time

 I’ve been running through

I’ve been running through

The tunnel of the underground

 But now above the ground

And now above the ground

Now above the ground, your touch is the light and lasting sound

YOU'RE LATE

YO   YOU’RE LATE

I don’t know if I can fly

I don’t know, but I have to try

The pictures in my head paint only you

The things I think you’ll say will all come true

And as a sign see the morningmoon falling from the sky

Eyes concentrated on horizons waiting knowing that you’re nearby

Before this day's gone or soon the sky’s two suns will shine & you’ll arrive

Intertwined with love's true lasting gloss come alive happyily no more to be shy