those nights

those champagne skies and
laughing eyes
those shy moments of touch
those fit as a fiddle and
a hey diddle diddle
those nights we loved so much

those nights:
when time went by without
shutting your eyes for
fear of losing one single
sudden sight

those starry nights and
distant lights
those memories we hold so dear
those wiggle dee waggle dee
fly to the moon with me
aah, those lonely nights i now so fear.

i live my life

you breathe heavily
heavenly
it's long past midnight
i lie awake for fear of dreams
at some point my dreams become
reality
and my night sky molten grey
i awake to my dream and
live my life one night at a time
i dream my life away.

losing you

in the narrow passages of my limitless
mind
are similar thoughts recurring
is a picture
a painting
a process of you.

your hair your face your smile
the softness of your shy eyes

and i am lost in losing you.

those years

in the desolate dark hours of the
pressing hot night
when sound and smell bring
shimmers of a long forgotten light
i watch as the moon and some
sudden stars paint my
black night hollow and
i cry strange tears for those
long forgotten years.

we fall

up and beyond my faltering footsteps
on the left some lonely leaves and
on the right the real rocky road.
in the halflight of remembrance
our dreams our wishes ourselves
we found our true cognisance
our inward staggering fall.

surprise

halfway up the hill i caught myself
hands on my hips and smiling breathless
wondering where we were going and
why.
it was hardly a surprise.

a new note

writing a new note is like
taking a pen to a new book
exciting yet sad -
to think that there can now be no other new notes from my broken pen!