in full glide, she saw my gaze, accepted it;
her perfect stillness and surrender to
the drift of slipstream’s tongue mirrored
rapture just before the climax

your breath such sweet caress, love

sunlight curled around my arm, smoothflow
wing touch brought me into perfect
stillness and a raven’s eye; i saw her gaze,
accepted it, shared rapture just before …

this morning’s heartraw, an exquisite echo of desire;
birds and leaves are tumbling in the wind,
gusting, whirling, mad dreams all but breaking
in the heave, the violence of air;
part of me is jousting with the clouds,
the rest a swallow of unfinished rhythm
choked on winter’s pressing need
to turn the savage wheel : my hands are tied to it;

precious little mercy to be gained from what-ifs
and the silent gulls crusading in freeflow,
they know better than to ask for more than sky;
self destruction’s teasing lips moistened with fine rain

blankets round their limbs to hasten
drowning soaked up
rolling clouds’ reflective mood,
gathered weight from
the curl of deepest bloodflow,

hovered on the sprawl of night
cold loss drifting
towards muddy gaze, water’s
flight through airspun lungs;
hush, though the radar’s deaf down here

in the claws of silence
silver breath
holds
still
waits for a sign
that passage has been granted
that the storm will not kill
though leaves endure
quick bite and split of pure indifference

mouse voiced … sort of …

her emails stopped            suddenly
prosaic mystery gives everything
away                      before lunch

i was insulted by the warning bells
but that was nothing to
my loss of appetite in the noise
                                of hers

there have been some changes here and i seem to have lost links to gorgeous others and to individual poems by name …. not sure if i can reinstate these though i think they’re all still in here …. help??

love to you all
S

just another life in the spotlight
of a perfect honey moon
hardwired for dreamers
tripping craters, finding space

in the fold of intuition’s veil,
every headache stunning
psychic flair until
there’s only hope between

two dusty satellites and starry
smiles criss-crossing time
among the pills and potions’
promise of a rise

litany contracted boredom in list form
contracted into sleeping with the boss
she – yawning moonlight -
offered more of much the same …

dreamed – tsunami-style …

everything’s been paid
that last invoice suspended …

blame the gintrap in your mind if you like
or the way that others stick between
eye-will and teeth on icy edge

some people were not suited for the moonlight
while you, that you, are dangerous all the time

do you smoke?
silent nod frees alley tears

black shivers
blur the edge of every freckle

titian beauty’s
dropped her streetwise guard

for timeless injury

don’t lose yourself any more
than he has