water
touch face
reflection
eyes
Tag: Poetry
now gone, gone,
I saw a man in Lyon.
He was at the train station.
He looked a bit wild.
He tossed his head back
and laughed.
He stood beneath
the departure signs,
still laughing
I heard the click-click-click
as the signboard changed.
Trains rolled out
leaving the station,
just as they always do.
Departing,
now gone, gone,
gone.
With his tattered shoes
and everything,
He was gone, gone, gone.
hands in earth
soil of
mother
still damp
rains have fallen
again
to stay here
maybe
but no
seasons will turn
the sky folds of gray
light in patches
it might be dawn
it could be dusk
to return
a decision
eyes too quick
to answer
what was
now no longer
sun burns off
morning fog
i drink tea
and watch
today i will
paint the ceiling
it is a perfect
day for that
i can’t help
but dream of summer
the taste of humidity
on skin
but for now
i have tea to sip
and a ceiling
to paint
next year
i think to myself
i’ll taste humidity
on skin
night’s here
warm blankets
my body
& returning once
again
a still house
i wait
then you come
i tune the strings of my guitar
they resonate
almost perfect
now
there is something sweet
here
an empty house
and a melody
slightly
out of tune
fingertips
just touching now
no longer
the heat of summer