Eyes closed - heart open
your parted lips urge me
to be silent
the soft groaning taste
of honey spoken poems is more-ish
insatiable in my salted mouth
They demand their aching melodies be sung
Inside the gravity
of our departure gate waiting
within the last possible leaving embrace -
I felt us finally arrive together
then fly away
(gracious)
in separate directions
(fleshless – weightless)
denied each other
for seemless [...]

This love began as a star-gazed wish on a soft white sand beach in the middle of the pacific
It slowly cracked itself open from a tiny turtle hatchling buried egg.
It swam vast migratory distances
across the strongest ocean currents and through the most insecure of seas
over months and un-numbered days.
This love sat.
confused, lightstarved, anxious
in the hold [...]

Matariki full moon’s
Liquid.
Falls through an open window
Floodlighting a date palm on my bathroom floor
Honest moon: She takes no credit for the reflected glory of her liege - the Sun
Mistress moon: always hides her dark side
Yet, this night, no-one argues with her bright open faced certainly
Be careful who you accuse of wrong-doing
She is but the mirror [...]

Taken in small doses
Homeopathic, man-sized bits
You circled and teetered around my edges
Like a sparrow scavenging for crumbs of attention
Imaginary applause for surviving please
Finally kicking off uncomfortable heels after years of pinched suffering

Black throat
Paper dry anticipation
Dark magnetic thoughts keep sleep at arms length
A big Samoan security guard stands between me and my subconscious
hand firmly pressed against sternum
as I strain
against my better interests
these waking teeth sink into twice mauled flesh
dog with a bone - lock jawed
gnawing with a low growl
sitting large, and heavy, in the right-hand corner of [...]