Darkening Hours

Sitting and watching the way some of the political war-games are playing out caused this poem to be birthed.





Darkening Hours  -  21 Aug 15

Watching the way
Some people
Play their strange
Little games

In the distance
Sabres rattling
Almost
Play a tune
Almost

Perhaps they think
It is a battle hymn
Almost
More like a battle dirge

Now the hours
Wrap around us
A dark shroud
To take us all
Into the night





Not a poem to enjoy but it really wanted to be written.

Offered Kisses

Those special moments which form into a reality.





Offered Kisses  -  20 Aug 15

Moments in a dream
You came to me
Offered kisses
Moments of a dream
We wrapped with each other
Offered we
Moments from a dream
Kisses grew into more
We became more
Moments out of a dream
We took them
Watched them grow





Dream into reality ~ Lovely.

Breathing You

A sensuous Love song with just a hint of "Five Thousand Miles" in the mix.

Breathing You  -  19 Aug 15

I breathe you

Take you in

Feel me filling

With you

Love tastes sweet

As you offer

Little drops

For me to smell

Spending all my time

In your world

Enjoying myself

Breathing you

Almost a Lust song too.

Wishing Away

A new addition to the "Five Thousand Miles" sequence but which does not use the actual words.





Wishing Away  -  18 Aug 15

If only
Plaintive sigh
Distance is the only
Thing which separates
Keeps us apart
Wishing away
The space between





The feeling is all that is needed.

Directions

How do I get to where you are?





Directions  -  17 Aug 15

East of the clouds
Darkness falls
Stars begin the nightly
Dance
Honouring the passing
Of the sun

West of the sunset
Chasing the Moon
In her monthly circles
Around the earth
Oceans deep
A watery path

To you





These are some of the directions.

Twilight

Wandering through the evening ~ exploring.





Twilight  -  16 Aug 15

Warm twilight
Evening slips away
Calling me

Explore

Stars in the east
Glimmer into life
New worlds call

Explore

Twilight hides
My footsteps
Silence holds them





Before anybody asks, this poem has absolutely nothing to do with a book and movie series of similar name.

Songs Remember

This all came about when my mind kept remembering old songs and playing them from my memory.





Songs Remember  -  15 Aug 15

Soft sweet songs
Still sung
In the halls
Of my memory

Songs of Love
Songs of loss
Loves which might
Have been now gone

In amongst the old songs
Fragments of a new one
Coming together forming
New memories





The idea that memory could create and form new songs for me to sing was rather appealing.

Memories Of The Road

One of those images which crawled up out of my memory.





Memories Of The Road  -  14 Aug 15

On the long road
From the sea
Memories come
To greet me
Old long lost friends
Share the past
From the past
Ghosts of memories
Still haunt
Pretending to be real
They walk beside me
Whispering their stories
Again





Interesting how things which are thought to be long-forgotten suddenly present themselves for inspection again.

Wind Dancing

After the rain ...





Wind Dancing  -  13 Aug 15

Along the branch
Crystal lenses
Dance to the rhythm
Of the wind

Listen to the song
Of the rain
Dance along
With the wind





... we all dance.

Always There

A simple statement of fact.





Always There  -  13 Aug 15

You held me
In a way
Which left no doubts
Though I felt none
Lovely to get confirmation
Lovely to know
You are always there
In me
With me
Always there





It is always Lovely to get confirmation.