In mauve and pink,The sky is setting, tonightInto another morbidCity-lane. In vivid, green and magenta,Mushroom colours, a nighttime sagaOf cocktail parties and Marlboro lights.People run into other peopleAnd voices cut one anotherLike fighting kitesOn a sunny afternoon.Like today’s past,Except that […]
ShiftingLike clouds on a windy day,The ephemeral map,Charting changing distances on the skies,Like the places you took me to. InfiniteLike the waves on the shores,Receding only to swallow up,Those paths mirrored across the sky,Like memories forgotten. PalpableLike dew on forest […]
Have I told you, girl,How pretty you lookWith your tresses wet,In the rain. Drops of waterFlashing rainbow-lightsAt my eyes, blinding.In the first morning lightYour cheeks bathed inPale pink and orange.Dappling and dancing,You tease me, girl,With your shy waysAnd glinting eyes,You […]
When the pale candle flame flickersEver so slightlyAnd the shadows of water shiftTo form sapphire landscapes,Let’s meet in the dark cavernsOf perfumed grapevines.Tell me then,About the muse of the unfinished paintingThat clings onto your collarbone. On our way back,We’ll follow […]
Through the grass, and a visit to the Zoo,Down the river, in a red canoe.To the market, or back to school,You buy the costumes, while I chase the fool. The path less travelled or the common man’s road,I figure the […]
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