September 01, 2019

#160

for eons my soul will search you
for the star-spangled sky in your eyes
the quiet depth of your being
and the tenderness of your smile
for this that is woven in you and me
to the confines of this world.


(for D.)

August 26, 2019

you

you, the quiet one
who went into my being
like a tiny beautiful star
slowly unfolding in dusk's fading light
but essential to the sky's wholeness

you, the quiet one
slowly filling the sea with silver
fallen from wings of ethereal heralds
into the eye of a truthful heart

you, beloved one
slowly growing into my forest
flowering in the tips of the roots.


(for D.)

August 21, 2019

honey

i could be the bee
visiting your flower

in the light of honey
nesting among the wood's pillars,
amid the soft sound of rain
bathing your petals
with tender care

your pollen were my ambrosia
a load of fine silver
gathered from gossamer threads
in the stillness of dawn

i would be the bee
curling in your flower
holding hands with your roots
as you hold my wings

i would be the bee
returning to the comb and your flower
a taste of moonlight
in my flight


(for D.)

#157

Love anyways, even if she would be gone.

Believe that an eternal flower will somewhere grow deep in her forest, small but enduring, guarded by trees with roots in the ancient days, like elanor and niphredil on the glades of Lórien.

August 15, 2019

stillness, wide open

the eye roams far
over a land
opening wide as the dome of blue
arching above us

honey-coloured stubbly fields
undulating song of earth
where the corn danced in slow waves
beneath soft summer breeze

lines of almond trees
guarding walls of drystones
beat by the sun, passed by the wind of time
like the life within their confines

stillness spreads inside
from the blue haze of mountains,
the silken flowing of evening gold,
nature's quiet and serene persistance,
from your light in the tangerine sky.



August 08, 2019

at the shore

we would linger at the shore of the ocean
on the line where the elements meet
in their strife around, for each other
and their yearning to become one


waves nag at the rock foaming white
in the thunderbolt of the surge
licking salt, tasting earth and the fragrance
of unfurling flowers dusted with spray


the wind sends a scent of the dancing sea
dark beneath glistening silver gems
from the stream of a blooming sky
reigned by the diadem of the moon


surf becomes fire
in our boat in the sea
we watch the stars falling
one by one.


(for D.)

July 20, 2019

#154

my heart the ocean
tending your moonlit isle

waves' gentle fingers
keep reaching for your shore

veiled by lavender haze
linger ambrosia's sources.


(for D.)

July 18, 2019

after sunset

after sunset
cold blue swallows the fire
follows the predetermined path
of light into the maw of dark

stars alight
as fireflies of our dreams
the only guardians of eternity,
isles out of reach

mist emerges
from the cloth of sea
engulfing our souls
with arms of insignificance.




June 15, 2019

passage

no whiff of air
from wing tips of a butterfly

no wavelet gleaming
in ocean's vast expanse

no petal soft
falling from tender skies

no sun searching for warmth of pastures

— a comet passing by
leaving a trail of dark.

May 25, 2019

maybe

from your silence
a butterfly may lift its wings
starting its way across the waves of blue
to find the nectar of our secret isle
amidst the sea.


(for D.)



May 16, 2019

kisses

before she sinks into sleep
he kisses her forehead
then her boat starts to drift
through the lotus sea of her dreams
protected by sheets of moonlit haze

her thoughts feel as warm as his skin
while they glide through mysterious depths
beyond the surface of day and the curtain of night
searching the grail of horizon's gleaming
in the eyes of another world

his arms become petals
her body and soul his waters
while his wings envelop her
while her floating hair entangles the moon.


(for D.)

May 13, 2019

May 07, 2019

thoughts

holding a thought
tight in its beak
tireless, the albatros flies
over the whitecapped wavy field

into the plains of luminous height
tempted to rest on fleeting isles
drifting as dreamy messengers
between two anywheres

the blue became our home
this almost shoreless state

— maybe as well
you think of me.


(for D.)

April 27, 2019

still waters

still waters
run deep
carrying your petals
down to the mouth of the sea
and your light from the sources.


(for D.)



5 a.m.

at 5 a.m.
when night closes its lids
quite tight over the world
your heartbeat hovers
quietly over the moonlit crest
of the forest's shaded slumber
dissolved at first dawn's shimmer.


(for D.)

April 09, 2019

haven

in the gold of your smile
all sunsets shall glow
all springs yet to come and yet to remember
shall bloom in the hue of your name
while the crescent moon turns towards you

blue eventime ark
sailless and helmless
yet knowing by heart
your soul's haven.


(for D.)

April 04, 2019

note

letting go is leaving
not losing

it means letting go of an idea
something that could not be
at this time and at this place

it means walking away
cutting a tear into the sky
to let them fall
into a dismal void beyond

letting go is leaving
not losing.

April 01, 2019




take the sky away
your moon shall stay

flower sweet with bitter fruit
unfading as the sea.


(for D.)

March 28, 2019

amid the sea of loss

there lies an island green and fair
amid the sea of loss
with surging hills and valleys lush
with birdsong and the scent of spring
where elven song fills the blue hour
and morning mists with awe
where forests tall with silver bark
stand firm above the sea
sheltering bluebells on unfading grass
green since the eldest days

two wells of tears
spring into silver stream
cascading over rocks
joined to the island's roots
into the lotus lake
all tender and serene
eye to the ground of sky
gleaming in violet flame
falling from height's eternity.

March 01, 2019

violet hour

in the violet hour
when slowly night begins
to seep into the passing day
when warming light retreats
from eye to inner skies

when the quiet river darkens
laced with ethereal from another world
i find your moon immersed therein
fruit on the silver coat
of still reflection

my fingers touch
the cool and soft
causing the face to ripple
my hands cupped
hold the vision dear

for just an instant
before the stream takes it away.


(for D.)