Lighter Than Air

Beloved
It wounds me to see you so pained
So I sail to your house on a river of wine
Heavy questions
Heavy answers
In light poems by Rumi
Lighter than the moonlight
Lighter than air
Lighter than the wings of the blossoming naiad
Who burns for one day
With all the glory of love

The Divine Comedy

Revel in the heartbeat

The throb of lovers schemes

The moments in eternity

In which you live your dreams

Soul arise! And take your place

Upon the golden stage

Lift the script and read the lines

You've etched upon the page

All life's a dance and we are only

Skipping to its pulse

Shed your shackles, crack your chains

Break free of what is false

All life's a piece a theatre

A masquerade, a ball

La divina comedia

So dance until you fall

You Cannot Own the Mountain

You still seek to own me

I cannot be possessed

The djinn of love, the Wild Heart

Still beats within my chest

You cannot own a mans soul

It's like owning the beach

Grasp the sand and lose it

Watch it trickle to your feet

You cannot own the mountain

Without missing its grandeur

Hubris is a foolish goal

A self inflicted slander!

The trickle of the hourglass

The ticking of the clock

Reminders of eternity

We'll meet again, just watch

Never seek to be possessed

Never seek to own

Embrace the djinns of spinning love

Whirling round my throne

Slow Dance

How long will we dance
In fear, alone

Doing this jig by ourselves

Knowing, full well

That our steps are in sync

With the other, beloved, the self

How long will we do this dance

By ourselves

Longingly staring across the room

Knowing the self

Knowing the heart

Leaving no stone unturned

How long until we do this dance

Together

Leading the other to the tune

Leading the self

To the heart, to the home

Leading the dance to the stars

The Storm

Sometimes in the dark, when I close my eyes at night

And the rain pitter patters, to the rhythm of my heart

Sometimes when I shut out the day thats just passed

I close my eyes, and your face is all to fill the storm in my chest

It's at times when I'm lonely, and times when I'm lost

At time's when I'm joyful, on days when I'm spent

I feel a hand holding mine, I feel a breath on my neck

I taste a scent in the air, then the wind changes again

Though the waves are a crashing, and the ship is awash

And the salt water stings, and the horizon is lost

For one kiss on the shoulder, for a kind word or two

It's at the dawn when lands near, I see at times, I still need you

Come Home to Roost

When I opened my eyes, the path was afire, afield and yonder, the charcoal lane was set
Brimstone and bloodshed, eyes that a wander, I put foot to ground, and on my way left
The rabbit in its top hat, a skipped under highways, it whistled and waved, and I leapt, and I leapt
I put one foot then another, and I slipped down its burrow, I went under, then under, to the left I should have kept

There are furrows and chiseled brickwork in my breast
There are funnels that keep the blood a swirl in my chest
There are lanterns that lit the horizon in mine eyes
There is a hag that cackles at the date of my death

For a year or an age in them tunnels I fought, my eyes turned to marble, my fists broke like glass
I discovered the wheel, I captured the flame, doorknobs proved tricky, yet progress can't be stopped
The litter, the literal, the literary, the lost, have a library in a time that once coined the term God
Ants burn under glasses, the fickle winds toss, the path was afire once more, I was washed

I am dead once more risen, the very ground trembles
I am gone once more home, and the gate has been barred
I am perched on the angles, between twilight and eyesight
I have come home for one more, come home to roost

Alice

If I saw you on a movie screen I wouldn't bat an eye

If I saw you dancing in the rain it might move me to cry

If when you come back home you bring an elephant to play

I might just laugh, but really hon, I wouldn't be surprised

You flew away

But I hope

Your coming back one day

Because without you

Pizza really

Doesn't taste the same

If I saw you move a mountain with a hop, jump and a skip

I wouldn't ask you why or how, I'd just hop on for a lift

If I saw you reach out and pluck sunshine from the sky

I'd reach out too, and get a tan, and wouldn't be surprised

You flew away

But I hope

Your coming back one day

Because without you

Pizza really

Doesn't taste the same

I hope your happy somewhere right now chilling on a beach

Making myths and smoking hash and walking with bare feet

And if I see the world of dreams reflected in your eyes

I will smile, then I will laugh, but I won't be surprised