Friday 29 March 2013

Insomnia


The solitude of the hour sits in silence.
The slow penetration of crisp air chills my throat
as each inhale delivers me anew.
Bundled under blankets, I lay motionless.
My fingertips pulse the tone of my heartbeat,
reminding me I’m alive.
If not for its rude interruption, I would have forgotten.
Wish I had forgotten.
The minutes dance slowly across the ceiling
as I watch them wave in mocking gestures,
taking their time to stop and pity my motionless hull.
The sun has taken her leave and the moon fears to approach
despite the cloudless sky.
Black of night engulfs the silent city,
as if someone reached down from the Heavens
to pinch out the irritancy of candlelight’s
and strangle every sound until the streets were pin drop still.
While enveloped inside this room on a bed built for two,
I acquaint myself with loneliness,
except for my eyes whom weigh
with the memories of one score and five.

Tuesday 26 March 2013

A Mutual Separation


Love, let go.  Pass me by.
Your silence dared to deny?
Satisfy; no longer equip.
Waste of time be. Please forget.                     
Shaken self need not be told,
forgeries in every word.
Hollow minded hearts agree,
recalling tragic memory.

Thursday 21 March 2013

Frosting.


Butter cream.
A knife dips,
cutting its way through soft perfection
forging peaks and valleys as it rounds corners,
scrapping every edge.
The warm hospitality
of fresh oven treats
hovers over the kitchen,
inviting the house to gather here,
safe from the intruding cold
of winter’s breath.

Rise & Shine


Sunny side up this day has been blessed
as the hour is early to activity invest.
Gather friends from slumber state,
call out to them “awake, awake.”
A new day is here for trouble chasers,
morning risers and rainy day erasers
to finger paint dance in crooked lines
across the world like hands of time.