There is Love.

I gently ask your name,

As we rest in beaded corner

We are bruised and shaken
Like small boats in a storm

 You are the bitter winter

Lost to the velvet night

Eyes like a vacant throne,

I breathe, 'My Precious'

I see the wall of pain your nightmares build around you

And in the dark a guardian angel walks beside you

And when his wings unfold

There is love.

We collide and mix like sand and water

Lost in grief's embrace
You are the brittle twigs of Winter's hangover

A dying star, a handsome gargoyle

I find you trembling in jewel encrusted corners

I hold you frozen hand

And whisper, 'My Precious'

I see the wall of flames as Heaven falls around you

And bathed in light an angel wraps his arms around you,

And when his wings unfold

There is Love. 

            We are the Alpha and the Omega

We hold the dusk and bring the dawn

With every twisted step

We breathe together

Entwined, we are the Earth
We are the sky
We know each others hearts
Like a favourite song

We whisper, 'Precious'

I see the destruction that in this prison binds you

And in your darkest hour an angel walks behind you
And when his wings unfold,

There is Love.

Loose Change (A collaboration with Nigel Griffin)

   Change in my pocket

It's annoying

I've nowhere to put it

Getting rid of-

Spending

Not to use it

Is a waste 

I don't like waste 

I'm a war child. 

Angel

And in the darkest hour that night does bring,

An Angel forged in brightest light does sing;

On leaving Earth, does fly beside you, Dear,

And guide you up to Heaven 'neath her wing. 

The colours of Venice

I can see the colours

I have always been able to

Every word has a colour,

Every sound.

Agnes is a vibrant blue,

Venice has a colour.

She is orange as a beacon

Calling us to discover her

glittering collection of knick knacks

Gathered from the joys of life

People walk by, chatting

their words throwing

bursts of colour into the air

like little fireworks above their heads

Johann has his camera

We wrap our arms around each other

Smile into the lens

Johann's laugh emits little sparks of

lilac and bright purple

I grab her hand, we start to run

faster and faster

The colours swirl around us

A rainbow mist

We run alongside a wedding boat

Bride and groom and brightly robed guests

sending streams of blues, pinks and greens into the air

as they laugh

We throw rose petals

They dance through the air like fairies to land on the water

Breathlessly we collapse

Cheeks flushed, eyes shining.

As the dusk falls

A warm cloud of red fills the air.

Dolphins

Swimming side by side, In a dream

The water a glorious heliotrope

Spraying cooling my skin,

We slow down, pick up and start again

I would be a fixture in your life

Should you decide to return to shore

But I know the open sea is now your home

 You don't come home much, anymore

When you were home,

You took up shelter in my heart

A cave where we would hide, our getaway,

A dolphin's kiss for every lonely day.