Trapeze

My sadness quakes upon the shore of being

these perforated edges

torn 

piece by piece

worn

from wearing smiles

and running from death

Lessons circulate above my head

teaching first the rudiments of a day

the A, B, C

of me

this is were I'm at

heavy bludgeons make their blow

as lead weights

they hold me in a state of fear

which defines my speech

defines my walk

defines my heart

in longing

i am performing now

the high trapeze

somersaulting into a perfect pirouette 

of guilt

The child inside of me

is quaking too

for she knows sorrow long and true

she has worn all of its guises

from time

to time

she smiles

then forgets again

her truth

Where my heart roams free is guarded by these thorny spires

the silent retreat lies hidden from view

hidden from its own reflection

I lay down my head upon the seat of love

to guide me to the river

i call truth

lead me down

lay me softly

tread here lightly

i am as brittle as a cuttlefish bone

as a shard of light

retracts

into the spaces in between

i sleep away

the pain with a bow

 

There is a song

There is a song on the wind

calling me home

calling my heart to open its wings

to fly

There is a song on the wind

calling my name

with the bones of my ancestors

i am scattered 

into life

There is a song on the wind

calling me to love

to open my arms

to enfold wonder

to know its gentle rains

There is a song on the wind

calling me to surrender

to humility i fall

amongst the leaves and shoots

amongst the roots of the yew and the oak

i fall

There is a song on the wind

calling me to beauty

whisperings, melodies

the heavenly choir of angels sing

brush past my cheek

as a feather falls 

from its wings

There is a song on the wind

calling me to dance

dancing dreams into starbursts

dancing fears unto the night

dancing spirit to fly

out into the universal flow

where all of love is cradled in a bough

of a soft tree

This is where your song will find me

This is where the song will be

and so the war comes to the beat of the drum

Grimy 
boneless fingers

foraging beneath the overcoats

the wrath of the young

has no warrant here

amidst the fallen

 frames

of half bled men

the sturdy robust chancer

found wandering

without a name

for when the rain came

so did the silent beat of the drum

the war song

of mans last hope

drummed into earth

as ash

no name shall follow us here

for the earth cannot answer

with love

the earth can only answer with cries

of the night

child bearing screams

that carry life

through her veins

born out

into spite

yesterday

yesterday

followed by night

the cradle

years rolled by

of woven blood

forgotten rule

lay in mud

 dire cosmic dream

of an eon lost

 waves of god

and wanderlust

 salvaged edge

hardened steel

 blade that bled

 cu roted wheel

 heart of truth

soldered steed

seeds of change

blown on a breeze

here lies sorrow

here lies greed

here lies foolish

wanton deed

lay them out 

for truth to bear

witness forth

thy soul to share

 now in freedoms breath are we

billowed out for us to see

the new dawn

brings us home 

as we are born 
as we are grown

The goddess of the night

The darkness swings its mighty pendulum

spins the clocks into unfettered sleep 

 stillness of the moon is awakened

owl flies swiftly

silently unto wisdom

she moves

her cloak, the black silk of night

grants shelter

protects trespass

her song caresses the veil

washes away daylight

elemental voice of the deep blue knowing

her senses dance

ebb and flow

in the sway of the moon

sweet arrow

rested at her side

the sacred blood of the forest

 

Her soft clad walks upon times mantle

bracken cracked and heather grew

the heart of flight

the trip and fall of light

rest still upon the heart of man

She sees what the heart of man does not

she hears the distant cry of the pine

the fallen slumber of the night

is pierced by their cries

Awaken 

child of the sky

and of the moon

Awaken

child of the peat

and the bog

Awaken 

child of the ocean

and the tide

Awaken 

child of the flame

and the hearth

Rise up and remember your name