Liberté, Égalité, Humanité
flying with brothers and sisters
screams of joy
uncontrollable giggles
screaming with brothers and sisters
pained by absence
collapsed in holes of grief
uncontrollable brothers and sisters
scoured by loss
wandering like orphaned kittens
absence of brothers and sisters
~
CLP 15/06/2021
there is sadness in empty time
marked by irreversible movement
of hands that cannot be rewound
tracking in relentless orbit
forward, forward, forward
not noticing the swallow on the hedge
not pausing at the sparkling brook
not hearing the rustle of yellow rattle
playing music in the meadow
not understanding this is it
that here might be happiness
~
CLP 10/06/2021
the Moon lies
in some galactic gutter
off his face on space junk
leaving all the lights on
so many colours, constellations confused
by brilliance of the luminous clutter
and you here, warm, safe, sound asleep
to the universal song and dance
of the stars going loopy
given their chance
~
CLP 09/06/2021
your careful choice of words
so free and easily phrased
sparks spectacular reactions
at the back of my mind
guarantee confusion of sleep
with memory
in reality you exist only in nightmares
in truth I fear you
no longer
~
n.b. Echoes of past lives carried in words. History / Herstory.
~
CLP 06/06/2021
Early morning yawning
toasty warm
honey for breakfast
gold finches chitter
a black cat stretched across daisies
swipes at a curious bee
your gentle purring snore of second sleep
me thinking
we are happy
~
CLP 05/06/2021
Everyone came along
everyone I had ever loved
friends, family, heroes
those I had been too shy to speak with
it was one hell of a party
I was dead, lucky
Heaven
~
CLP 31/05/2021
Was that erotic
movie collected highlights
or wistful thinking?
~
CLP 22/05/2021
May. Rain so intense it hurts
like February.
Two tall men stood
on the corner outside
the mini-mart by the station.
.
A ham and cheese sandwich
with a note shared
stories of losing fathers
in youth. Two lives
navigated by guesswork.
~
CLP 14/05/2021
were this heart to cease
tonight it would die happy
love lives without fear
~
CLP 13/05/2021
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CLP 13/05/2021
excess to absence
situation stays fluid
adapt and survive
~
CLP 08/05/2021
