Far from nowhere
In the tangled mist of dreams
The harp cycles through strings
The ivory tinkles, at the fingertips
Skydust drizzles from the reefs
The shore leaves for an evening
Walking springtime on stilts
Leaking words, just barely
From the last open breach
A palm on the tall grass
Squeezed a tearful of quartz
At the last chapter’s page
A hot slice of your breath
And a locket of hair
In the overtone palace
An I for an I
A truth for a truth
How many times must one die
Until one stops feeling dead
Dancing in a dark room
To the beat of your name
And the white stag shines in the rain, while the night takes all
While branches brandish thorns, while the clouds stoop and fall, connected by the chain
Pulled down to Earth’s bowel, yawning in dark vowels, devours the sky whole
Because you,
Because you,
Because you’re...
The homeward howls
And the carillon crows,
Like gospel in the tempest
Feelings bloom unsane
Strangely tucked away
In the shoulder blades
The sweet rush of fear
And the clumsy display
A little leap of love
A little lump of hope
A little paper dream
A little tune of awe
Because I,
Because I...
Down the jagged alleyway
The flag stiff and unhindered
The wishes stand muffled
Voices drown in the dusk
Plucking at heartlashes,
The soft blowing hush
What of the mind, of the decay
For whom the heart makes its way
What of the sound, the piercing wave
Its ripples left in my skin
What of these lights, warm and caring
Easing through my shut eyelids
And what of this field of brass, of its laced glowing reeds
What of its blushing wind, of its perfumed stampede, of its palpable mass
Of its low humming song, rumbling like a storm on a hot summer’s eve
Because you,
Because you’re,
Because you’re so...
The needle shifts
The cover rips
Empty colours in the spills
Something made of felt
Melting from the quill
A river in the back
A shiver and a shrill
A little glimpse of home
A little glint of soul
A little mending world
For a little while whole
Because you’re,
You’re so,
So, so,
Much
Somewhere falling upwards
A stutter on the inside
A winged sign, too numb to fly
Dragging memories behind
The naked nerves of lost time
Somewhere always never right
Because I,
Because I’m...
I’m as scattered as I seem
The crooked kind of key
Skipping stones on bloodstreams
Nobody for nothing
Stargazing till the eyes
Turn to dry endless pits
Will you take me far from here
Just once more, just to be
A complete casualty
Of your pure reality
Will you take everything from me
To let love unswerving
And purpose crystal clear
From nowhere be released
Because you are
So, so much
You’re so
So, so, so, so
Much
2022