I played an equal opportunity role
In statistics
Stunt roles
In motherhood
Support role
Holding up your ego
A reluctant part in climbing
On foreign ladders of success
I had a minor part in persuasion
Among different races and creeds
With changing popularity
I have been carefully avoided singer
Background fashion model
A runaway crier
Always scared of madness
I played a key role in research
Of God’s intentions
About the future
And afterlife
Away from smallness
A distant star
In a very late night movie
A face of innocence
Your face and mine
As the wind in the grass played our tune
* * *
Nobody understood
Nobody knew
Nobody was as wise
As we at eighteen
Let us celebrate
The knowing
That we were
Once loved
Let us pretend to be
Lovers forever
And never afraid
Of going
Going
Away
* * *
You are back
Sunshine is reaching my dreams
My dreams are reaching the sun
You live on my road
You sleep in my heart
I am alive
And afraid of dying
I imagine
Ways of being with you
On my terms
Never afraid of
Not being loved
Of not loving
Never afraid of leaving
Or dying
Let’s not temper with fantasy
Let’s not change the scenery
Let us not promise anything to each other
Let us enjoy moments in time
Let us remain
Two strangers on the road
* * *
Ten years
Same dress
Same hands wanting to caress
Eyes as blue as when you left
You stepped into my day
Footprints visible in the dust
My dust
Buds of spring
Praying for rain
Nothing is dead
Nothing is missed
Or lost
In memory
No barriers for dreams
No distance for thoughts
No place but universe
No time but eternity
Just moments shared
When you step into the dust of my day
* * *
You are
Hiding in my dreams
I will not let you
Touch my day
I am old enough
Smart enough
I know what is good for me
I will keep my eyes open
Look the other way
When I find you on the street
Looking for me
* * *
I search for a hiding place
A timeless space
Where I love you
Sounds perfectly
Reasonably
Sane
Where
Our hearts could see
What they want to see
With eyes shut
* * *
I pull in my extended waist
Flick back unruly hair
Wet my lips
Hide the dirt
Measure the smile
To please your eyes
Before you walk away
What would you have me say
Or do
Where would you have me go
How long would you like to walk
With me
* * *
You would like to share
My umbrella
My spot in the sun
I would like to
Believe your promises
Wide awake
We keep the distance
* * *
I know you don’t love me
I am nothing to write home about
I passed my used by date
I can not understand
Why you look at me so intensely
Why I remember every word
I imagine you whisper to me
You are a seaman
I am homeward bound
I see no future
With you
You have nothing to lose
But pain
I have nothing to give
But pain
We want to feel good
We keep on walking
We are both at sea
We do not know what to do
With each other
I am homeward bound
I am not a seaman
I see no future
With you
I love the moments we share
* * *
It is only an autumn
Ray of sunshine
Caught in our eyes
Leaves on the footpath
Colourful
Dying
Surprised by the sunshine
We remember growing
And loving
And waiting
And hoping
The light in our eyes
As we meet
A spark added
To memory
We are not going anywhere
There is nowhere to go from where
Our eyes met
* * *
I only see
The blue of your eyes
As we meet on the street
The heat of the summer
Dusty sweat of rushing
Mixed with the splendour
Of our giving
To each other
The essence of our being
My hand on my chest
To hold back my heart
As we meet on the street
In the middle of our living
Oh how blue are your eyes
As we meet
On the one way road
For one
I am scratching footprints
On the road
To engrave the traces of our passing
