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For in my

"Now"

My solitude sits so serenely

To be away from, detached from,
is truly me and you

And that's ok

A raw sadness of longing
sits

and that's ok

To be alone
to sweep those memories into our souls

Then only then can we begin to love ourselves

Out there
is many a different journey

I do not keep to the path
merely look out towards the sunrise and the sunset

Nature growth
embraces and surrounds this life
Look at the colors she lays before you

We forget we also are nature
what colors do you radiate out?

A life bestowed on us

Cobbled yet smooth at times

lessor,familiar
the jagged pathways

When no lifesaver in sight

Now

Sighting pathways around those holes

as we do

It
Always
Was

the Central Point

"Ourselves"

SS
xx

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I live in a trashcan
on a cold alley street

Amongst all the garbage
with sores
on my feet

Oh, You've walked by,
mabey a time
or two

Handed me a dollar
So kind of you

Today, you spoke,
and we talked
awhile

You asked, 'Do I
know you?..
with a curious
smile

'I've heard that
voice
seems long ago

'Pardon my asking,
just wanted to
know..'

I raised and
smiled, and you
steadied my fall

Its been so long,
you may not recall

But when you were
small..just a little
girl

You were my
baby
My precious
pearl

But darling, things
went wrong
Your mom so sad

The broken man
you hold..

Is your own
sweet dad..

I woke and read, I’m still in bed
Endearing thoughts to fill my head
The distance shrinks at every call
What lovely words on my ears to fall

It was a just a few short hours ago
Messages flowing to and fro
Like a continuous chit chat
CS is responsible for that.

“Hang on”.. that’s my mobile phone
And I thought I was all alone
The Text says “words of tender love
Including our Father above”

Paloma every day my love grows
I love you from your head to toes
Flowing hair , hands, ears and nose
Why is this, do you suppose ?

Let me tell you here, My Dear
Your placid nature, calm and true
Wise council , sincerity flows from you
Daily your voice and words . Your care!

How could, I not have fallen ?
So deeply for your charms
I know you desire my embracing arms
And I too await to absorb your charms

With this wonderful age, of internet
It is so very easy to forget
The miles that lie between
The bridge can clearly be seen

Not as when my forebears came
To New Zealand to stake a claim
From 1842, 1863,1875 & 1888
A great sea-journey was their fate.

105 days and some even more
from Britain to NZs shore
A Sailing ship on heaving seas
Women and children below ! Now please

I tell you those days have passed by,
Today the journey is through the sky
Jet liners travel to and fro
The noise I often hear below.

My home is near the path of flight
A continuous stream both day & night
A reminder of how really close
You are to me my dear.

Today is the day of the Lord
To church I go, armed with His Sword
The words He used I now send
“Lo I am with thee, to the end”.
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May I crawl inside you
may I stray around your mind

May I gently peer into
your left and right
and swim amongst my find

May I sit at times
just within you
and soak your life of rhymes

May I stay within silence
a mere shadow in the dark

I shall not harm you
I wont even leave a mark

May I taste your blood of life
and wander to your eyes
can I look through your window

What you see I would not prise

May I lick your lips of laughter
the shrill of smiles upon
secretly you will feel me

A taste from far beyond

May I venture to your pumping heart

I nervously await
I cannot help this feeling

Its you I want to take

A love that is a devourer
sweet feel of all that is within

I wrap my soul to you
with words I must begin

Rest your lips upon mine my love
hold me in your body so sweet

For I shall never leave you
one day we shall meet

I know not from hence you will come
I know not your passionate touch
I know tho...................
...................I shall fall

Into your labyrinth of..................
................such

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Come with me,
I have chosen you from many,
I think we’ll be a great team, on the journey of life,
Come with me...

Come with me,
Yes, I’m grey and you’re not,
But that offers advantages to you,
Yes, my heart has much less beats left than yours,
But, it will be totally yours,
Come with me...

Come with me,
My neurons have much more mileage than yours,
But when I think of you, they sparkle and go into a scintillating kind of overdrive, and I find myself entranced in a pleasurable daydream about us,
Come with me...

Come with me,
We’ll have a lot of fun, interspersed with kundalini rides of note,
As you add your hand to the plough,
Inviting me to cultivate your ineffable orchard,
Leaving us bellowing for sheer effort,
Come with me...

Come with me,
At times, the ride of life will be bumpy,
Leaving me whimpering like a puppy dog,
And all I’ll want to do is bury my head in your bosom,
And allow its ageless healing power to fill me with recuperation,
Come with me...

Come with me,
Why?
I’m weary of talking with myself,
I want to talk with you,
I want to look into your young eyes and open the deepest chambers of my soul to you,
I’ll let you in where no one has been before,
We will not merely converse,
Nay, we’ll enjoy a fathomless communion,
And I sooo look forward to being allowed to enter your secret chambers and enjoying the incomparable delight of your ancient soul, belying your sparse years on this 3rd orb from the sun,
Oh, come with me, come...

Come with me,
I offer no guarantees,
But, I offer a willing and devoted spirit,
One that still has ‘wonder-lust’ to see more beautiful places, or visit some again,
But, I want to see them with you,
My spirit seeks total union with yours,
Don’t say no, it’s going to be desolate without you,
My hopeful and tremulous hand is open and waiting for yours,
Clasp it and,
Come with me, come my sweet darling,
Come with me...

For I have cycled around the Moon
I know it took me
All of May and most of June
The surface was bumpy
And full of mounds and holes
I wasn’t aware that the Moon had Moles
I reached the dark side
And for some that could be a little scary
But I can assure you
There are no monsters or anything large and hairy
But I came equipped
I had my dynamo and a little black torch
And upon my bike
For protection I had built a nice thatched porch
But then I tried
To cycle that journey around your heart
But try as I might
I failed because we are so far apart
But here was a man
That had cycled all around the Moon
And when passion awaits
I could not be defeated by a mere sand dune
So I set of again
This time in the early breeze of March
So look for me
Over there underneath that famous arch
So as you
Sit on your rock and dream and stare
Wondering if
I will wave back to you from over there
So do not worry
For I have my dynamo and torch so small and black
And maybe one day
You will see me and be able to wave back
So off I went
With pedals and hope burning, reaching out for you
For I knew
That your love would be awaiting and oh so true
For I have cycled
So far and all around the silvery Moon
So I set of in March
To reach your heart by the end of June

Many years ago, when I was still a young psychotherapist/hypnotherapist, I worked with a teacher whose heart was broken by her itinerant lover…,
She was a young and beautiful woman,
And, as she lay there on the couch, one day,
Tears softly adorning her face,
My heart went out to her…,
To my great joy, we had a major breakthrough that afternoon after several months of therapy,
Notice, I said we, for, therapy is always a collaborative effort,
One side alone, can never honestly take credit,
As the therapist, you reach out across the proverbial misery-river-Styx,
And you hope against hope, especially when you’re young and inexperienced as I was,
That your proffered hand will be accepted,
And that the healing will begin…,
Fortuitously for me, my extended hand was accepted and grasped, and the healing began…,
The joy I felt in my heart when she called me a few hours later to tell me how she was floating on ‘cloud nine’, cannot be measured or described…


Right this minute, a couple of decades later, I’m still ‘plying-my-trade’,
This time on my own wounded psyche,
I too, feel on ‘cloud-nine’, after a very soothing self-hypnosis session where I try to become one with light,
Aaahhh…, what a feeling…,
What bliss…,
I thought by sharing it with my friends on this corner, I may hang onto this nirvana a little longer,
Wishing you all whatever elixir you’re personally seeking my fellow-poets…,
Till next time…

As we age~
As we grow older,

The minutes and the hours~
The days and the weeks~
The months and the years~
Seem to pass as quickly
As the blink of an eye.

Life seems to be passing us by,
And we think sadly~
"It is over!"

Our memories become our life line,
Our only connection to the world.


But then a miracle occurs;
And we find another lonely heart
That has been floating alone
In a sea of memories~
Searching for something or someone
To keep them from drowning.

Two strangers meet.
They come from two different worlds.

They join hands and hearts.
They join bodies and souls.

And time somehow slows down,
And gives them the opportunity
To again dream~
To again feel~
To again love!

You broke my heart
No tears left to shed
In the beginning
No words need be said
We felt the same about each other
Where did all this trouble come from
No tears left to shed
Could It I'm be dead
Or could it be I've been hurt
I was on a natural high
You liked to get high
The texts grew
shorter
One text per day
One phone call at 11pm
Couldn't leave the phone
Tried to call you back
Never would you answer the phone
No tears left to shed
Could I be dead
Going a month without seeing each other
My feelings turning into rubber
My brains working on overtime
I had to say here's a dime
I hope you find what it is that you want
No tears left to shed
Maybe you can find someone to share your bed
For me
consider me dead

It was a cold windy night
As I turned off the light
I heard your voice call my name
I pulled the blankets over my head
The wind was whistling and whipping around
I didn't make a sound
Once again you called my name
I closed my eyes tightly
I felt you brush the hair out of my eyes
I was afraid to look into your eyes
I could feel a tear drop fall upon my face
I knew in my heart it was you
In a low whisper you told me I would be okay
Said you didn't have much time to stay
I opened my eyes only to see your beautiful blue eyes
Oh how I miss you so
Tears rolled down my face
You kissed away my tears
You took away my fears
I asked why you ?
Why couldn't you stay with me ?
Why did God take you away ?
You promised me you were in a better place
You gently kissed my lips
The winds no longer were whistling and whipping around
My eyelids grew heavy
I felt at peace
my heart didn't hurt so much
You took my hands into yours
Told me you loved me so
All the racing thoughts went away
I fell into a deep sleep
When I awoke I was alone
I thought I could smell your cologne
Was it a dream or did you come to me
In my deep time of need ?