Today
The sun rose
And the motorway is already caffeinated with traffic
but you are not here
My body still functions well
It longs for you in waves - prickles hot at night
There are thousands of reasons to celebrate the miraculous synchronized unfolding of tiny things
But
you are not here
I hit the vein of revelation multiple times in a day now
and [...]
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