nomads

always moving
at peace with uncertainty
welcoming change
at a moment’s notice

incessant searching
selfish about freedom
possessing choice
at the highest price

unplanned company
delighted in surprise
being alone
together

in this landscape of loneliness
neutrality disappears
with the lush green distance
between us

dust settles
under summer rain
showers the gift
fellowship

as you offer me
another
gin and tonic
your presence

candlelight

before you came
I stood frozen in the black
night
wild
hands stretched out ahead
feeling nothing
blue eyes staring
sensing darkness
surrounding me

an unplanned spark
or what was that?
initial
uncertain
flickering
courage growing into regular heart rates
pulsing yellow heat upward
shining stronger
honeyed comfort
delight covers everything I see, hear, think

your calming presence floods
our rooms
my body
mind
future
your careful affections warm me towards your soul
we melt
slow
careful
ending as one

Australia

ash grey magic
cattle hooves thunder
mountains smoke
orange sunset journeys
you sang me to you
I listened

cold water
bucket shower sighs
sweet pink lips
beer foam smiles
I sang you to me
you joined in our song

sun burnt skins shine
ancient melodies lull
you told me your stories
I gave you my heart
to love you
is to let you go

will you sing me to you again?

angry tears

my mind’s eye dreams elegance
my mouth stumbles through adjectives:
columns weave together beams
careful design
details proportioned
textured scale
diffused shade
shapes beauty

your eyes drink in my solutions
your brain chokes my early flaws
supreme intelligence:
must eliminate my mistakes
must avoid chaos
disordering my ideas
distills into rigidity
one right answer must exist
not mine

I am process
flowing
you are facts
fixed

I am rough
becoming
you are accurate
obvious

I am stupid
while you feel insulted