Speed of Light

Seven o'clock, lying on the carpet
Gazing at the ceiling scroll-work
Time idles by in syrup slowness
And the world catapults around the sun.
Shadows fade, to pastel shadings
Softening the sharpened sunlight
As it cascades angularly
Through the open window.
The breeze plucks a silent tune
On the billowing curtains
The air breathes the warmpth of companionship.
And I am not alone on the luxurios floor.
A cat stretched out in the daylight
And the universe seems right.

Depths Lurk Within

just today, i strived, and lo, the toast of an single piece didst become blackened like the night. And up from the fiery tumult there arose a choking darkness the likes of which the eyes of man have not seen before nor shall see again. And a third of the kitchen was blotted out in darkness from the rising of the sun till it reaches its zenith. And all the peoples cried out in despair, "Damn, that was my breakfast!"

Jandel's from another Time

Explosions rock
The basement floor
And we are struck
By the everpresent 'Your'
Like you own the world
And you rule it all
With an iron fist and
A rubber ball.

You sat on a roof-top
Idling time
Away, and we
Never catch your rhyme
Like you whistle
A different tune
Hovering slightly
On a trip to the moon.

And I said
"We should go
Take a turn by the lake"
You just laughed
Then you left
Us to mill in your wake
And so I
Never forgive myself
For doing you wrong
And laughing when you told me
You life is a song

I'm starting to wander
Off the beaten track
Hopeing like crazy
You'll be calling me back
But it's all just a curtain
And it shadow's my view
And every path seems
Only to lead to you.

And then I said,"Hey,
how is life?
How was your day?"
And you just laughed
As if to say
It never even mattered
It just got in the way.
Coversation's drowning
Through the silky surface
And you slip away
Through the forest shadows
And fields of hay
I'll never forget
How you wrote your song
It's only in music
Now we both belong.

Taller than Hadrian's Wall

She's a taller house inside
Like a skyscraper and glass
Glistens slowly in the light
As we gently cycle past.
In the shadows leaning in
Stripping us of the sun
And her doors are open wide
Like a smile
Like a child
Running out to greet the unknown
Reaching out for another light
Another sparkle to delight
The everpresent crowd

Photocamera flash
Neokarmic output
On a newer sheet of paper
Type-write her at your own risk
For she is lovely, stark, and high
Plucking stars from out the sky
So that she can light us up
And take us from the mess we made
And make us all forget
With a smile
Like a child
We reach out for a warmer hug
A hand out of the hole we've dug
It's so nice to see the sky.

Bracken Harvest

Its just not summer
Without the sun
When I'm swimming
Beneath the waves
And the sky is clouding up
In a den of strangers
And of theives.
Slaking their thirst
For fresh blood
Under the sky
Dark as mud
As they hunt
Us all to death
I just need to catch a breath
Fawning prophesies
Speak of naught
But the chicken squabblings
Of spoilt children
Do they run
Behind the shed
Or back to last summer?

Talkatron

Her soundless eyes tracked
My futile squirming beneath
Leather couched goodbyes.

Summer Drafts (Alcohol Influx)

The wind whistled softly
To the trees and streams
Passing in silence
Passing in dreams
Shown for a scandle
A juxtaposed lie
It's robbing my conscience
It's sucking me dry.

I won't see the glass
Or the facets that hide
Beneath the still surface
The darkness inside
A roach on the table
Destined to die
Destined for the fire
Unable to cry.

For the memories lost
For the scars often given
Unwanted unknown
Unheeded undriven
Amid hollow joys
Amid shallow heavans
It seems that the ground
Is always closer than living.

The seas are boisterous today
The seas are rising up
The waves are rising up
My grip is slowly
Slipping away
Slipping away

To the peace below
Where the breeze never falters
And the sky seems to glow
In myriad colours
At least for awhile
I am made whole again
The completed puzzle
But that's all a lie.
And I am slipping
Slowly away
Slowly forever
Slowly forever
Seems such a long time
When you watch your world die
With you at it's center
Slowly forever.

Beach Ball Bouncing

Spider's sitting
On my window sill
I wonder if he's knitting
A jersey for the winter
Rather than just sitting still.
The web is hanging
Over by the mill
I wonder if it will still be there
If I pop out for a pair
Of roastable krill.
Eminently
Chortling through my day
Like a chilled soprano
And a bowl of macaroni
In a restaurant (by the way
I'd let you know
There is a free space
Purring quietly for you
Sunk down through the blue
Of the ocean by my place.)
The sky is clouding
And I hope it isn't going to rain
I'll have another marageta
As the sky turns to pepper
And pass the lonely web again
To go bring in the washing.

You're making me sign it
Falling for weakness
It's hiding below my floor
I'm in my pajamas
Speaking in stammers
As you're framing my door
I'd ask you to come in and sit down
But I'm barely awake
I'd tell you to pack up and leave now
But I'm too scared to shake
And I'm afraid I might brake.

Inside my windows
I'm watching the outside
The birds nesting in the trees
The wind, it is blowing
The leaves they are flowing
Piling against my knees
But I am not moving

Clapping Leaves

Pillow-cough my subterfuge
Deluged in mirey-slough
You think I'm gone bezerk
County-clerk without a shrink
Just nod and smile my way
I'm glad to say I'm gone for good.

Hats Off

She came and everything subsided
She spoke and everything collided
Into nothing but the purest of silence
I am nothing but dumbfounded.

I thought I'd learned that lesson way back
But maybe, I'll just never get that
Feeling, like everything's pure
And like nothing bad will happen anymore

Like a bolt of light in a thunderstorm
Pull the pieces, it's already torn
It's easy to sit there, a still-life form
When she's there my whole life reforms.

And I am but a shifting shadow
Flitting amilessly away
From her when she
Glances off in my direction
And I don't know what to say......
Maybe let's sit down some time
Have lunch by the bay when I
Can pluck the courage up to be
A sentient being.

Or maybe not, I'll be sitting here
With my heart pounding in my ears
And life flashing by in years
And nothing's gonna change for me
But you....