Sometimes Sound Stops

Memorise

I miss the moment

unseen traction

seen by all

all seeing unseen

Weekend

Sunday dawning
Conversations
Inside my head

Sunshine yawning
Observations
Push me out of bed

Ignition

Splutter
Stall
Procrastinate

Each today
It's not too late

Your January Burial

Momentum's urgency
brings you and your kin
down the snow road
so slowly.

Sun shines
on black limo and yellow diggers alike
struggling
going nowhere in soft white
so quickly.

Camaraderie falls
from pine trees
as workies, minister, mourners and drivers
pull together flasks of tea and chatter
pushing the muckle black beasts
and tiny tinny two-doors
back up the hill
leaving you behind
so finally.

Edge

falling through time

towards you

probability clue

likely and quickly

fragility

balanced

and true

rice brittle

membrane

stretched

looking firm

each step

current danger

break into

a run

Bodrum

rythm
style
let be
for a while

expunge
explore
express
explode
in time
to the beat
momentum
in mode

rythm
style
let be
for a while

The Big Picture

Heritage

feel my feeling
be my muse
recognise
the dark inside
when boundaries
confuse

Dandelions

found through the webwind

Dance, dither

Turn, tumble

Break, bob

Melt and merge

Something precious

In the mix

How we revolve

Return, converge

Hard Edges

splintered bits and pieces

scattered through the sky

reflecting misconceptions

when they glint and catch your eye

conscious coloured fragments

torn personality

relative perceptions

shared in cold reality

Black Stars

swing from your star

and I'll dangle from mine

eyes open and close

through tunnels in time

tango

clinch

Grief

half your heart
loved half of mine
with all your strength
from time to time

Thin Skin

rice paper concrete

walk away crossing

watching my feet

falling falling

Heading for the Membrane

Golden moments slipping by

Unconsciously intensify

Direction

Magic story mission
Turn it all to gold
Do what you're supposed to do
Before your fire turns cold

Eruption

volcanic eruption

seascape dissolved

emergent mountain

response unresolved

Celebration

see through me to this

with the eyes of your child

wonder and gaze

on the sight

bridge the dotted line

through our space and our time

while flames leap high

in the night

Rock

Under the water line

Close to the shore

Breakers and currents

Pass around and over

You're there to cling to

Cast a rope around

Solitary Sentinel

Under water, solid ground

Hold my ankles

While I play and pirouette

Sunbathing on your shoulders

It's too easy to forget

The darkness in the water

The power in the wind

Life without your touch and strength

Lapping up around

Holding on to you

Holding on to you

Under water

Solid ground

Misplaced Lullaby

parked in a misplaced lullaby

in another time and place

when the memories come crashing by

I can see and smell your face

there's a hole in the wall

and a gap in your soul

and elastic mysteries

there's a space and a side

and a crack open wide

interrupting the peace

3rd October 2009