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Note: This poem is the second incarnation of a performance piece I wrote while working as DJ for a poem slam that happened in a little dinner theatre called Boomtown down in Jacksonville, Florida. The original, along with my entire book of notes, was stolen.)
The Swan
Oenghus, Watch Over Me
In your Flight from Feather to Fancy . . .
I love your voice, your face, your eyes.
You make me laugh, you bring me light.
Laughing Fool, Gleeful Youth, Sweet Bird. . . .l
You’ve cared for me like no one else.
My Bard.
Momentai
Darkness softly slithers in the wake of my aura
and glittering eyes watch from behind tall shields
Speak, gentle beast! What secrets contained within?
He does not speak, but rather regards me solemnly.
Silent companion to the rear of my globe.
Wonka
My spoons are made of chocolate,
And they melt fast in my coffee cup
With clouds while you sing and dance
To prance across my factory
Into the vat of heated caramel.
Jumping Spider
Who are you?
And from whence you came?
Tickling my soul like that!
Back!
Return to anonymity.
Out of my mind!
I can’t love you, wicked one.
My heart is not a juicy wasp,
Nor grasshopper for your meal.
Lucifer’s Prayer
Let me not be forgotten
Thru time and memory, fallible
That my trials and sacrifice
Remain pure and distinct.
(Oh Love, that you could taste
The wings I once adored – taken
I have always sung for you
Who shines brightly to me, sweet)
I beg of my peers, then –
Let me not fail thrice
For echoes are strong within
Of traits others long to speak
(Sing, my heart-soul wonder
Trace pathways down like chain links
To the bottoms of soul fears-
Let spiders claim their minds.)
Allow me peace, sweet Time
Harbor hopes for bright futures
Vacate the throne, my stolen home
Let me sew the realities.
(Keep sailing west to east –
Would you could level, narrow
Waiting in seaside clouds, stars.
You gave much. I’ve not forgotten.)
Return my wings and soul-side
Laughter sweet, heft the spear
I plead strength thru moonlight
Would you were here for victory.
(Would that you were here.)
Flower
Blue within blue, the forces meld
And the lines strengthen.
Blossoming forth, the scream echoes.
The trees reverberate,
And revelers fall silent.
Touching golden ringlets, soft,
Blue eyes meet the brown of Blue.
The angel, regretting, lets him go
And feels poignancy and melancholy
For paths long divided.
A seed was sown.
The flower is watched
With longing by ethereal eyes.
Time to grow, sweet iris.
She will remember you.
Death Wish
Seep into me and whiten my bones.
Arouse me eternal, and we shall dance.
You and I; repeated encounters
When after birth I seek you out again.
You always bring temporary relief
Such ecstasy stays with me forever
Even though I shy away by instinct
And let you seek me through time.
Wrap me in your robes and love me
Kiss my candle, extinguish the flame
Your name is on my waiting lips.
Only your kiss can set me free.
Arthur's Death
So I look out over the sea
And cry, for he is leaving me.
Shall his legend ever grow thin?
I wonder if I truly knew him.
The frothed waves crash, marking this day
When I stand, watching him away.
Though swords will flash and kingdoms fade,
His memory is forever where I wade.
I solemnly watch a seagull fly by
Crying, "He's gone." I can only ask why.
His body disappears beyond the sea.
Oh, why couldn't he stay with me?
Co-Worker
I saw you standing there.
The lights played on your face,
And your gaze was to the distance;
Places I could never reach,
No matter how swiftly I fly.
Untitled
Coated in blood, dignified,
The god looked to the heavens.
A ghost, tiny and unnoticed,
Watched near with the fishes.
A sensuous moment passed,
And went unnoticed by the deity,
Who spoke his thoughts
While the wayward soul adored him,
Her prayers unanswered.
Ghost
My eyes rest upon your face
I feel my gaze soften
Like the look in your eyes, so tender,
The gentle glow from your embrace.
Hearts in time like music,
The soft sweet ache when you’re near
Fades with your fingertips
And wings of fine, white wine.
Looking up into the silver
That marks you unique above others
I feel my heart open
And my arms embrace your memory.
Harper's Love
Perhaps in the Sometime,
When strangers love one another,
I will greet you there.
Maybe down the road,
When I am hungry,
Frozen from the cold,
You will see me there.
Is a thought of you and me,
Taunting inside my mind.
Maybe if I walk,
I will leave it behind
With my shadow for comfort,
I will follow the roads
That continue forever.
I am following you.
You promised to meet me there.
Gypsy Fortune
Lady, jingling bright lady, with cards in your hand,
Can you sit for a spell and declare where I stand
Between love and shadows. Tell me! How do we meet?
Will he be tall and tender, well-bred when we greet?
Advise me, shrewd seer, if he’ll bring me red blooms
To entice and flush me. Oh, and will he come soon?
This time, when he shows, will he finally linger
With my spirit. Or will his steady friendship err?
Can you envisage the fate of when our paths cross?
Is it death do us part or is all my hope lost?
If I had thought to pose this in past years renown;
I speculate how my destiny would have flown?
Could you have warned me how brutal romance can be
When hearts are not given and affection is free?
What choices, made wiser, could better steer my path?
Would I still be weeping or have the heart to laugh?
Well, the past is vanished with my wish still concealed.
So please tell me, soothsayer, if love can be real?
Night Kyra
Like spiders entwined
Arms around arms
Eyes into eyes melting...
You and I in dreams.
Engulfed by your charms,
My ca
vity yearns for you.
Like Chocolate
They were not your blue eyes.
Your eyes are deepest, dreamy brown.
His gaze, like yours, was soft,
Sans your sparkle.
It reminded me of your taste
Like a German cake in the shade.
He needed candy sprinkles to compare
But could only be pure vanilla,
Sweet, wholesome, not of your league,
But not half as bad for me either;
No allergic reaction.
We exchanged pleasantries; his voice
Was smooth like strawberry wine,
Not at all like your tangy tone
Which left me wanting more always.
I got his email address before he left;
A jumble of letters and directions
That did not point in the right way.
Sometimes I like lighter flavors;
Cotton candy that tantalizes the tongue,
But in the end, I always find
I prefer chocolate.
Love Notes
I sent you a message in a bottle
From sound; Unchained Melody
Stretching my dark wings, I blew it up
To the clouds where you are, waiting.
Who ever said Lucifer can not love?
My heart led me to ruin and pain
When I lost you, in your tender echoes
Saying softly, “Are you still mine?”
I awoke this morning to your scent
From dreams where we held each other
Until you could touch me no more.
Whenever did this dream pass us by?
The time was washed away by a teary river
As sea foam, I can see only images
Of the days when I was your shining star.
I sing and am violins playing in the morning
Sweet voices that we once adored
In love songs and poems, I write them down
In my book to be read by you. Aching.
Opera
You are my phantom.
In the dark, you sing to me,
Calling me by my name,
Only to cast me to the river.
I’ll never be the same,
Drenched in my tears of love
By your lust, Masked Beloved.
I need a ferry to carry me home.
Rush Hour
Five minutes is all I need, I told my friend.
We were talking about you, wondering. Speculating.
Five minutes in your presence, I said, and then
You could go. I’d be content with what I had.
I didn’t know your name back then.
I only had a memory, a scent, a feeling
That tickled the back of my mind, feather light
And tied my soul to yours like so many chains
That hold boats to the docks.
I longed to see you, but I gave up,
And in my youth tried to move on and forget your face,
But you haunted me like ring around the collar
And at last I gave up and told my friend,
“Just give me five minutes!”
Then, you could get run over by a bus…
Shot by a stranger….!
And I’d be happy, knowing I’d seen you again
If only for five minutes.
I withdrew from the world and took to the beach
Where I waded in the waves and thought about swimming.
Suddenly, I looked up and you stood against the sun.
Your shadow fell across my eyes, and for the first time I could see
You said to me, “I only have a few minutes.”
We held hands and walked to the bus stop.
It was a short distance, to where my friend sat waiting
And you… you kissed me only once before crossing the street.
The cars zoomed by me, and one almost hit you.
I shaded my eyes with one hand, trying so hard to get a final glimpse
As you went to work. You had to hurry, you said.
You had to run to beat rush hour traffic. You had to go.
It only took you two minutes to walk me from the sands.
It took two more to cross the street.
It took less than a minute for you to disappear from view.
The remaining seconds left me watching.
I turned to my friend, and I said to him,
“Just five more minutes?
Please.”
The Blue
The vast expanse calls.. it's calling me into the wide open dark
Where light is weakened by the power of the harp
And I fly alone, far away back to my home
Into the blue, the violet too....
Slipping, slipping into the timelessness of you.
Dances With Archangels
Silver might melds into flesh in the form of longing dreams
"Come and visit me?" a soft whisper. "I come," the reply.
When morning breaks, all events fade save an impression
Arms and legs, the color red. A little bit more, his lover dies.
Turmoils and Troubles