Straight and Tall

Their steps felt above
Water leaks
The breeze gets between the sheets
We catch the sun
Look toward the moon
Alight the flame
Inhale the night

THE HAPPINESS QUEST

the happiness quest is like

strawberries dripping with

sunshine and dew

being drawn to your scent

the brown chair next to the fading print

sunlight breaking the dream

car rides and loud music with your glancing eye

lattes in takeaway cardboard cups

birds on a wire on winter mornings

my heart in the nape of your neck

it is his cheeky grin and cars made of dough

purple scarves draped like lavender fields

when you won’t let me go

the freedom of having a heart broken like

waterfalls crashing on rocks

summer evenings walking on warm cement

the photos that line the archways like

carefully paved cities

movie nights and homemade ice-cream

the shadows drawn on your back

honeysuckle vines choking red brick alleyways

the bike tyres dodging the gaps in the bridge

the rattling bones in my ear

pressed leaves in old phone books

long grass and white butterflies

your hands dancing like ribbons twirling in the wind

hot chips on the beach

when you spoke the words of your people

my shadowed eyes searching for visions

like forgotten flowers

scattered upon the aging stone

dressing the spirit in light

like a dress made of autumn silk

the happiness quest

We acknowledge One

I hear the tingling of tiny symbols

Silence broken through the echoes

I hear his voice join us

Its presence draped in green cloth

I smell incense and mint

Amongst the strands of my hair

I smell her tiring voice singing the Amen’s

The longing rises through her prayers

I see the break through the coloured glass

Light catches the dust not ready to fall

I see his spirit in their bodies

Harbouring an unwavering strength

I taste the trembling in the wooden bench

Bearing the weight of his love

I taste the hunger caught in the wanting

Desperation amongst their dying faith

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

I dedicate this to my Grandfather, the father and my grandmothers one love.  He has shown us all how to be better people, to live with integrity and I know he walks in us all.