Wordplay

Rhymes a little wry
Wrhymes oh so sly
Rhythms
Rapped or sung
Meanings
Wrapped in pun
Wordplay
On my tongue
Quips
that slip
and drip
off the tip
of my pen
Onto your page
I rant and rage
In verse
And worse
No flows
In prose
Are quite as much fun

;-)

On the wings of smiles

On the wings of smiles
I've flown
Over the sundered fields
Of dreams
Past the ravaged ruins
Of hope
On thermal gusts of silent screams

With laughter
I have staved off the years
The wrinkles in my mind
are refined
By the strange humour of time

I fly
Free
Now
Soar
If only for an hour
I have roamed the vastness of the world
I have seen
What there was
And what is to be

I have lived my life
On the wings of wanton dreams
In the arms of ecstasy
I have flown
On the wings of secret smiles

Woman Power

Shame
on the games
you play
Yes one day
No the next
You're confused
You say
You find a way
To keep absolved
Of responsibility
you play the field
With all your might
You're always right
Cause you're the weaker
Sex, you say
Is it really such a wonder
You have no one
To share your day
Your thoughts or your feelings
When you leave them reeling
With your power play
You do this
because you can
Because a woman
Holds sway
Over a man

How can you speak
Of right and wrong
When you refuse to belong
Let confusion
Be your swan song
I say...

Homeless we all are

Some in the comfort of our castles
Some lost in anonymity on the streets
As we wander through flashing lightbulbs
Or we wander through the rain and sleet
Our faces set in masks brazen and bold
We're all shielding ourselves from the cold
From the cold that seeps into our bones
Or the coldness that seeps out of our souls

We're all searching for meanings
Upon highways of sheer desolation
Morsels of food or spiritual gleanings
Food or freedom, death or revelation

A moment of contact, of heartfelt laughter
The thrill of lovemaking, the peace that comes after
A drop of clean water to satisfy your thirst
A cure to the malaise with which you're cursed

Homeless we all are
Wandering
In search
Of something
more
than words
or wisdom

The upturned corners of our lives

That little hint of sorrow in your eyes
Is what caught my attention
That day you turned your face into the sun
And laughed like there was no tomorrow
Now I always look past your infectious smile
To find the child
That hides inside
Behind a mask of delight
To feel my heart soar in love for you

Would that you could too...

Beggar

Hungry
the beggar before you stands
at the altar of your flesh
Begging for alms
One touch
One quick caress
His arms are open
You, his goddess
retreat in fear
for you know that
your charity
will cause him to devour you
complete
and you fear
being lost
in the whirlpool
of his worship
no God are you
but you enjoy a pedestal
take courage
step off
meet him face to face
and worship him as he would you
flesh to flesh
alm in alm

The knife-like edge of a dream

His scars carry scars, he says
The man on the brink
As he stands poised expertly
On the knife-edge of his dream

His words are rough and ragged
Worn down to the bone by being alone
The gravel of his tone
A rasp upon my soul

Each scar a prize, he says
Won in a hardfought fight
He comments on my scars
And says - one day you'll be there

I laugh it off, though I know it's true
I've looked into a mirror with a view
And only time will tell if the scars on my shell
Will cut deep enough to bite
Slice in and cut out the light

It could end my walk up that razor sharp edge
I have climbed with all my might
Every day of my life

I watch as he slides
The man with the scars
His balance gone
His time is done
He says nothing more, but
As he falls, I cannot help but see
That he smiles...

Primal

The dog
And the crocodile
The hog
And the little child
Do not think
As we do
They act
When in heat
They love, hunt, eat
Without thinking
Or feeling
They don't make up meaning
Like me
And like you

Adrift...

set adrift
Lost
Are we
In the company
Of each other's sighs
And our lies
Weave inexorably
The fabric of our fate
Sometimes I wonder
If it isn't too late
To unravel what has passed
and face you again
Naked and real
Ready to feel
Again...

Dreamer

Everyone dreams
Everyone sighs
When all dreams are

Just ifs and whys

But the big dreams are
Reserved for just a few
Those insane dreamers

Like me.. and you??