Umber Dance
forbidden fruit
sinful dancing
hips moving
exotic music
azure sky
ochre sun
umber dress
closer now
red hair falling
warm air moving
many bangles
eyes of green
moving to the music
the Emperor’s kiss
Cupid Haiku
naughty sweet cupid
shooting off love filled arrows
hitting all the cats
A Sign
This life I built
is falling away
from me today
Another disappointment
What does the universe want?
Why am I here?
I look to the clear heavens
blue is only an illusion
as is my desire for success
to give up seems like defeat
yet the battle is not mine to win
unless it is the battle for me
a sign would be comforting
the universe works in mysterious ways
a bird narrowly misses shitting on me
not all is lost under the turning grey
as the rain begins to fall
and the beginning and the end meet
A Pack of Two
Forest deep
darkness setting in
tree whispers
A pack of wolves
moving towards the moon
full moon howling
You and I
becoming the story
in the forest
All the light
that you bring to my life
this meaningless life
With you, life is a journey
this pack of two
a kiss for my wolf princess
Another Party
another afternoon party
the eternal romantic
lost in the champagne bubbles
conversation with the usual crowd
a scent lingers as you feel the sun
a door unlocked in your heart
the knowledge of a destiny
Coral cheeks give you away
the ground falls from under your feet
lost in the eyes of your best friend’s cat
Satie Afternoon
marinating in the afternoon sunshine
wine stained kisses
laughter and French words to impress
running your tongue along your teeth
another kiss from the one you love
an afternoon where eternal love blooms
initials etched into the tree of love,
a coin in the lucky fountain,
a lock on the famous bridge
you needed none of those gestures
now that he tied a piece of string around
the finger connected to your heart
Our Love
to wrap me up in your barbed wire arms
blood runs down
my body from the places you pierced
letting go of all
that we shared and loved
I can no longer
hear what it is you once had to say
feelings and the love we once had is
in the dried blood on my skin and my clothes
By the Sea
Palm trees sway
coconuts dance
beads of water
on the glass
soft waves move
towards the sand
a box jellyfish
washes up
on the shore
when we were young
there were so many shells
and the jellyfish were many
when we were young
it was only a nightmare
to see what would come
sadness sets in
shells replaced with rubbish
no box jellyfish, only dead crabs
For her
ringlets on the parchment
sketched in charcoal and lead
a nose, a mouth, those eyes;
then, the face takes shape
intricate and fussy
perfection for my Cheri
the parchment is all her,
a gift for tomorrow,
perhaps it will be today
Broken Breaths
All the words we never said
the many promises we couldn’t keep
All the hate and anguish
the desire for games and control
Now, between your broken breaths
you attempt to put the wrongs right
All the life you had left your shell
you lay in a bed that is not your own lifeless
With “I love you” on your blue lips
C & K 