Tattoo

Like some strange voodoo you crept into my brain

Through my blood

And lodged yourself in my life.

I wear you like a tattoo no one can see-

You’ve become a part of me-in my waking and my sleeping-

Yet you are not there.

It’s a weird magic that fills my lungs-

When I breathe deep

I can almost feel you, taste you-

The air becomes electric.

My eyes open wide

And my head is filled with the sound of your voice;

At once lyrical and alive.

My soul gives birth to a new song

As the day gives birth to a new world.

I have been made strong.



Release

  The cares of the world hung heavy on me like an old wool coat--so I walked. 

I took the dogs and walked

Across the field, through the meadow, past horses, farms and cows

Up the hill to the top where it looks over the edge of eternity.

And I stood.

I stood with the dogs at my feet, grasses teasing my legs.

The wind, in its careless manner took my heavy coat

And threw it across the hill, over the meadow, in amongst the grasses.

Suddenly, I was made light!

Grass and sky, dog and wind became me!

Time ceased to be.

In that one perfect moment-

with the wind blowing across my mind and through the tips of my hair-

I lived.

Insomnia

 The night didn't fall; it rushed upon me.

 Attacking me while I lay on my bed

 Climbing up me like Hillary up Everest

Staking its claim for  the moon to see.

It wraps me in its velvet arms

Whispering  softly as it comes

It pours over me like a lovers tongue.

Caressing my very soul with its charms.

And I lie there awake yet dreaming.

In my fevered state it comes sneaking

Stealing its way into my brain

Over my skin and through my veins

Like a drug it courses through my body

Pulsating, throbbing, intensifying

Until it explodes behind my eyes

Then gently kissing the corners of my mind

Before leaving me crumpled in disarray

Vulnerable and exposed to the oncoming day.