If life
was more than a teardrop,
clinging,
briefly,
...
When I’m gone, I will be
quiet as a mouse;
My scent upon the pillow still,
But I will have left the house.
...
What's expected of this thing called hope;
is it a medicine; is it just smoke?
Merely a screen - perhaps a misty haze,
to sweeten our journey around life's maze?
...
At birth,
a tag on the wrist
generates a list
of places one may roam.
...
I am left behind
In constant state of catching
Up flies another target
And I miss
...
In community lies strength of numbers.
to support the sick and the weak.
In community somebody hears me,
with louder voices to speak
...
The temple siren calls, deep within his walls,
stirring in his isolation, a need for expression and creation.
Reaching for notelets, grabbing at memorets and pigeon holes,
his hands slide and his memory glides,
...
The hat that fits the head that shakes
knows not the warmth that nodding makes.
The shirt worn on the back that turns
knows not the joy that friendship earns.
...
Cinnamon coloured slingbacks dangle from her fingers,
as she searches the tide line for discarded gems.
A warm steady breeze whispers somewhere offshore,
but she turns her head in fear of sandy eyes.
...
Not for you, those cold clothes
woven of worry and made ragged with regret.
You lived your final hours fearlessly, as if becalmed,
with a whole life yet to fetch that other shore.
...
We pass each other a tissue of lies
With which to dry reptilian tears
It seemed it was forever thus.
...
It was a glorious day in Padstow:
A real seaside bucket and spade day.
We strolled the little Cornish port in sunshine:
wifey and girls in search of arty bargains:
...
Oh to be your lasting rock,
to wrap you safe in tissue;
to turn back that heartless clock,
or set the quickening sand;
...
I stood, waiting,
looking through the glass darkly,
searching down that lane,
edged with dry stone walls:
...
If not for you, I’d be adrift;
My soul would find no rest.
Because of you, I live in love
and all my days are blessed.
...
An eight line verse I tried to write,
It kept me up near half the night.
Twas not so much the missing rhyme
More vexing was the metre's time.
...
We left the beach and dusty road
And scrambled up the rock strewn hill
The moon was full, as were our hearts
And all around was still
...
If you're not on board when my ferry sails,
and the spiteful wind's moaning its tirade,
I'll wait by the gate till your bright light hails.
...
Can you hear the cicadas calling
Can you, can you?
Can you see the dream filled yachts
...
Life is but a tear-drop clinging briefly to a smile)
Faith, Rocks And Other Rainbows
If life
was more than a teardrop,
clinging,
briefly,
to a smile,
and thoughts
were carried on scented winds,
and prayers
were caught by candlelight,
and love
was found under seaside rocks,
and dreams
fell ripe from honey trees,
and faith
was kept afloat, gliding,
in a green canoe,
and fish knew
our given names
- and how to let us go,
and if wars were fought
with lollipops and laughter,
and our children never cried,
would we still need those 'good books'
and rainbows in the sky?
Hey to windward hope...nice nick and nice poems...i hope some day...i will be as good as u...hope to read more of your work and i wish u all the best..... peace, love and freedom on earth koni
The slopes to the moral high ground are thickly planted with hypocrites.
Greetings Sailing to Windward, I'm assuming you're from Grenada from your poem " St. Georges Grenada..." I, too am from Grenada and I'm humbled and delighted to use your poem " In Community" at our 11th Community Interfaith Remembrance on Saturday, Dec.7th,2019 - In Toronto, Canada. Very prolific list. Grateful to share from it. Blessings and continued productivity! Rev. Sky