Doorz

 

Doors flap open in the wind 

Close behind in the breeze , 

shut forever

The room  to be seen again ?, but never 

Just a distant memory of dust 

Faded colours of childhood , severed

The key lost in the woods 

Slipped from my pocket in the excitement of the moment where I stood 

Not realising the loss

No matter , on to the next room , un lock the sun 

I’ll find the key when I return , buried in the moss

Sometimes passing , glimpsing through  the lichen window, 

I’ll find the key when I have time .

I’ll find the key that’s only mine

A chorus of doors clicking behind me , 

Each with its own key lost in the oceans of the cosmos ,  

New ones cracking with a sliver of light ,  

A promise held out of rebirth , 

False sirens  reaching out with a bunch of keys dangling from a wrist 

some rusted 

unrecognisable , a new one added , some busted

Each door passed through , some left ajar, in the hope of return , 

From lands afar . 

Now  slammed shut those lands are gone 

Disappeared with rays of setting suns

The twilight door will appear from the mist 

Locked firm , no crack , no key . 

What’s behind it , I cannot see

Maybe the first room , maybe a room of keys 

31/7/26  20:05-21:22

Ti— me

 Time is on the other side 

It flipped when l looked away 

Squandered every moment 

I thought it was here to stay

Stealthily it gave its self 

Then ran off to the past 

I should have cupped my hands

To make each minute last 

Where have all the hours gone 

Those sunny days of youth 

Where time it ticked so slowly 

I noticed not the truth

Minutes hours days and years 

Have run off in a flash

Ignoring all the warnings 

Too much in a dash 

But time is spent and time is saved 

But never can be banked 

Time is here and time is now 

The future is a blank 

It’s kidnapped me with blindfolds

And bundled me away 

It’s only now that I can see

The searing light of day 

So although time is infinite 

my time on earth is not 

Let’s hope the hour glass of time 

Doesn’t have a clot 

But runs nice and smoothly

And wipe away the frown 

So I can sit and drink a beer

And watch the sun down.

18/09/2025

11.05-11.45

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Swi/FTs

 The swifts are here 

Fighter jets in the sky

Pointed spitfire wings 

Whirling in the dog fights of long ago

Twist and turn as if avoiding the enemy’s guns

Swooping on their prey 

Their whistles calling in victory of another successful sortie 

Whoosh to the nest

Disgorge the bounty to hungry mouth’s 

Then off on the wing

In an endless slaughter of the army of the innocent idly fluttering but venturing too far aloft 

A brief mastery of the air 

Before off again to Africa 

Leaving the Autumn to engulf those left , 

Just a ghostly memory of summer soon past 

Of long lazy days ,dreamy suns, scented fields. 

Goodbye too soon 

Fly well , take care,  let your hearts beat with joy 

Return with hope 

Return, for I will wait

22/06/25 18:15-18:54

BO-nEs

 In the woods

Up the mountain 

In the sea 

There is a signpost 

Pointing me in some direction 

But it’s lost 

I wander 

Deep into the shadows 

I have hope I’ll find it 

Lit by stars

Guiding me to sunlit fields

With long shadows 

Sun on my back

Warming my bones 

That have lived in me 

Supporting me through my journey 

Holding me steady 

Helping me against the winds 

That have blown me here and there

I hope they are strong .

I need them like never before 

To weather the oncoming storm

If it comes to my door

23:00-23:12 

11/04/25&£

70

 3 score and 10 takes us to the end of Autumn 

Clinging on to the the vestiges, waiting for the cold dark days to arrive of Winter

A period of reflection , routine , 

Shutting down of mind and body 

Serenity in actions

Slow and deliberate, conserving what we have left.

No final push 

No Indian summer. 

The summer has gone and post along with the youth of Spring

Picking through the chaff and stubble waiting for the moon to light the way to eternity 

Rising in solemn orange 

Calming the cool twilight 

Illuminating the mists of vision and thought 

The tiger in front of me 

Sleek. 

Powerful

Master of all he sees

Merciless,

has come 

I’ve no chance

No negotiation 

He will carry me lifeless through the door.

17/08/2024

22:10-22:55

tH inn

 Take me to the fields where the honeysuckle grows

Where evening birdsong echoes round the breathless meadow,still in its majesty 

The sweet scent envelops my soul cloaking the hollow 

As dusk lays its hand gently on my shoulder

Walks with me as a fading friend

Reassuring before morphing into night

Leaving a ghostly mist as a shadow

A gift of cool

To fill my lungs with  calm 

A silver sea lapping at my feet

Where from here?

Forward into the unknown 

Leap into the void   

Float on dreams 

Slip into the Thin

09/06/24 21:15-22:10