Six Minute Romance

Yearning on the cusp, played on the fronts
dialogue like honey upon the ears
a slight glance perceived
words dance
kissed upon the wind
like ashes melted in the rain
the embers burn white hot
in lustful eyes and rainy days
sweet embraces in Harvest rains
till the moon shines through
darkened clouds
that last cab taken by another six minute
romance
a desperate tongue
and warm skin
the world seems to make sense
under the spell of
red lips
and broken leaves.

Hallows Twist

Surrounded by evening's embrace,

at the apex of the dreary darkness,
tingling around the edges,
reside uneasy musings.

Admire your tormented reflection,
ponder your fates as you melt away,
gazing silent into an infinity of mirrors,
remember each night was the same.

Born out of troubled minds,
and bedeviled by peculiarity,
unsure of your spindly fingers,
grasping always for the light.

Rising suddenly,
eyes searching the shadows,
it's been seen before,
the rage and the sorrow.

Is this still but a dream,
or another night in the
hallows twist?

Buzz in the Hedge

The days roll together
Like the slip of a tongue
Dog days long gone
And harvest moons tell
Of the whiskey sun
Shining in a daze
Late afternoons and deep
Kisses swelter
On the gentle breeze
Your eyes burn like dying
Embers
Alight in the twilight's mist
And my leg is asleep with
The weight in your head
But not for long
For it melts away like
Ice in the heart of hell
Sit with me as the sun dwells
In the hills
The vast horizon
Warms our skin before
The icy fingers
Draw the veil
Once more.

Patience

Forlorn the dusky hew,

atop the rusty hillsides patience waits still,

painting with broad strokes upon the

gold horizon

shimmer on the placid water

sultry stars,

travel across the sands

where flowers bloom in the early Spring,

we huddle together like loaves and fishes

awaiting the flood sure to come

to devour us once again.

Blur

These fingers play
a blur
within the lines they dream
tracing great fire
lines unseen
as figures dance against
the dawn
silhouettes stained on the carpet
with the music as a geyser
the teeth sharpened
it's all
time
reverberating off the past
it's all
I need now
flow
like simple minds
jagged on the canyon
flow on
soft words
intentions
like canvas blank
covered in the blood
one fraction at a time
one step after the other
till the sand runs out.

Back of the Mind

Light settles in

the back of the mind

nestling in the warm leaves

browned like an old orange peel

at the edges we all sit by the 

summer pool sun dancing on 

the ripples on the water like

stolen diamonds we all sit smiling

again in a dream and it's night now

and it's all grown cold as the 

shadows play and the moonlight

fades into the stark terror

as the bodies lay where

we were smiling

it's winter now and the harvest

came and went

left us behind in the wispy mists

in the back of the mind.

Gone

Take me your way, love

not the map askew

where harmonies turn to lust

and intentions turn to dust

Reunion of the bright eyes

twinkling in sunset

those who watch

burying the haste and

Simple-minded views from the edge

Someday we'll choke

now that its gone

we'll come off the rails

where the flowers lay down

Rip out my memories

like fish from a mountain stream

refreshed

over my dead body