Between the lines
The night sleeps like she’s always had
On my pillow I lay my weary head,
Open eyes to galaxies and dreams
A world fueled by love, a world in which I’m at ease.
Basic goodness is our right
Children of the universe
We skip pebbles on the ocean’s shore,
Living lost memories
Our name is riding on the wind, it calls.
How far down life’s highway
Are you willing to place the bet?
The traffic crawls to a stop,
Two lanes on the bridge become a jam.
Loving lost memories
We turn the book,
Gaze upon the page;
Recall a memory vague.
We promise and we collect
Give, take, give, take, take, take.
A scale tipped out of balance,
There’s only one way to dance.
Close your eyes,
But keep watch on the page,
Every secret ever told
is staring you in the face.
Your skin tingles,
Your dream delights,
One hope, one dream,
Within you is the light.
A.S. 14/1/2015
Henry’s Prophecy
I put my head under
Only for a second
and now, everywhere
I turn my head
All I see is blue, dark, red;
Three principal colours,
One right, one left.
The fish are swimming
Around and around my head
My hands are cold
My feet are wet.
Perhaps it’s time
To listen to Henry the octopus,
He can tell the future, you know.
I asked him once
What would happen to me
He just shook his head
He told me this story instead.
“Once there was a world
So blue it was red,
The sun rose so bright,
That night was black.”
A.S. Oct 2015.
How not to sink
Keep things simple. Elegance lies in economy.
Waste not the precious gifts of youth
Use not the endless chains,
Unforgiving loops of thought
That always bring you back
To the same milestone
You have left behind.
Be not too greedy,
Take satisfaction in matters
As they stand,
Yet hold your vision steady.
Get ready to launch your raft
When the boat begins to sail,
A life jacket has never saved a single life
Except of those who have worn it.
The Titanic sunk for a simple reason,
It was never built to sail,
Instead she was to leap between the continents
Carrying the world’s wealth with ease;
Some ideas are set to fail.
In her confidence
It all came crashing down,
Iceberg, momentum
Scrape, leak, icy water.
May they rest beneath the waves.
A.S. 2/11/15