the red bus

I bury my love in Paris
Below the polka dot palace
Where my cousin folds her warmth around me
Capturing my dreams
Of wanting to be here
We listen, as the five bells ring out
Drowning the fire in my chest
We look above our heads
As metal towers over us
Breaking our dreamy state
We follow the sun
As beauty seeps into my being
And I cling to how soon this will become a memory
I watch gypsy's beg for their babies
Holding notes with names scrolled across the crinkled page
And I beg to the earth
To bring back the love
That I buried beneath the polka dot palace

Lovers love

He caresses her soul surrounded by light
He listens for the break of her silence
Moments of nothing bend, weaving into the sky
She clutches onto his unloved heart
She feels his pain as tears finally break
Fear intertwined amongst their love
Low rhythms of thumping keep beat in their bodies
The music between hatred and love
Swaying clouds hang from strings in their sky
As colours touching, fracture and fade
Not knowing that beauty will follow
Drowning sadness with divine love
Night turns to day with the birth of first light
Love emerges from their depths to kiss the new sky

Medley

I will not be told
Controlled
Involved
I will not revolve
My heart around
Your imploding soul
That hurts you
That tells you
To take what's true
You won't trap me
In the dark
Of your darkness
In your being
That sees only hurt
And pain to pain me
You will walk from me
On your road to glory
The glory of not taking
My heart
The heart that's taken
Taken but free

mind your step

I crave for the craving that craves for you
I ache for the aching that aches for you
I want for the wanting that wants for you
I grieve for the grief that grieves for you
I desire the desiring that desires for you
I fall for the falling that falls for you
I love for the love that loves for you
I crave for the desire
I ache for the fall
I want for the grief

I love

Strawberry Picking

The underside of my inside

Is stuck between the release

Of breath that carries me forward

To whispers of my running feet

Echoed in the steps of the lyrebird

I fell in love with the current

Caught in your beat

And my heart fumbles

With your northerly wind

Bottled in the glass on the golden ledge

The crack opens oozing light from your pores

And the sunflowers kiss the morning sky

As ghosts burst in my eyes

Scattering the fear of broken dreams

Across your blue that calls for me

when the sun kissed the night

The claws of gold

Break the flesh

First light says goodnight

Last night was first light

And last light went calling

Its broken cry filled the night

Its song caught in the wind

Light bled from us

As the dawn bird

Called in the night

Our dreams

Caught in the light

A yellow glow flowed from us

As daylight returned to the night

We are no longer held captive

Held captive by first night

YOUR LEAVING

I will always love you, and I remember you always at this time........

You left

You couldn’t stay

You had to leave

You went away

I hoped my love would be enough

My love for you

My love for you

Have you woken in a place I will never see?

Have you for forgotten this life?

Have you forgotten me?

Why did I not listen?

Why did I not hear?

I’m sure you tried to tell me

I’m sure you made it clear

Was I nothing to your heart?

And nothingness tore out your soul?

Tore the soul from your heart?

No warmth, no love

No longer you felt whole

Now there is nothing left

Like the dust of the earth

As the ashes rose

Is that all you’re worth?

Your spirit drifted away

And my heart it did close

A moment in time

As your spirit rose

As I closed my heart

I also closed my eyes

I let out a cry

And cried my goodbyes

Why didn’t you scream at me?

Scream, howl and cry

Maybe I would have heard you

Instead you chose to die

I have been there

Stared pain in the face

Nothing worth loving

Nothing but blackness

Nothing but hate

My head full of hatred

My body full of dread

You could have ripped out my heart

Held it, felt it

My heart too felt dead

Shades and shadows of death

Loomed all around

The doors felt closed

Locked

In a place underground

Where did I lose myself?

On a path made for me

It was a map of my life

But I felt lost

Trapped

In a life which that did not deserve me

Like you I wanted to die

And go far away

But something saved me

It was life, my life

My soul

Me.

As seasons change

I feel your soul is free

I feel your spirit

Do you feel me?

But as I say goodbye

I cry tears for you

I cry

I cry

I’ll always love you