Narratives,
permission,
service,
repairs,
shiny hair,
softly spoken,
with a grizzly temper,
the hardest partings,
branches closed, 
subsidiaries,
in her weekly journal,

Dusty earth,
waiting to be washed away,
tomorrow and yesterday,
anguish, pressure afflicts,
the moon and my bearings,
intrusion in my delusion,
diseased and deranged,
staggering in confusion, 

I take aim,
at the elders again,
only to find their suffering and pain,
their virtue runs deep,
my fists hit the air,
my tears fail to fall,
violence runs dry,
sorrow with the heat,
cool rivers calm molten land,
they stretch their branches from the banks,
equal proportions,
both sides,
lifted free,

Jellyfish,
floating,
dark cool ocean,
sinking,
rising,
high,
smiling,
smooth thick smoke,
refreshing liquor,
jingling, clinking ice,
alone,
not lonely,
thoughts and ideas,
disipate,
late for work,
love,
selfishly content,
sunny,
kiss the clouds,
coffee,
cigarettes,
breakfast and beer, 

Where there is right,
there is wrong,
doubt that deepens,
silenced by grief,
sanctioned to hold belief,
fresh paths well worn,
breaches of peace,
fasten me to this earth,
warm shallows,
cold dark depths,
starry night skys,
comfort in the fog,
the crunch of snow,
a lifetime ago,

 

Leaving the sea to escape the sharks,
time to think,
step back from the brink,
blood washing down the sink,
Mink farmed for fur,
ay ay Captain,
yes Sir,

Follow my voice, 
follow me home, 
cover me with candles to keep you warm, 
dance like you are your favourite joke,
work like money was never invented, 
like you never knew what it was to be poor, 
or how terrible it was to be rich, 
dare, if you dare, to live with what you share, 
carry those who fall behind,  
it makes it easy to push them over the edge, 
cynical only in private with the warmth of foul feet,