NIMUE ( the pool)

 Nimue,

Are you there?

Are you keeping your secrets ?

Guardian of the pool

Conductor of fools,

Protector of the waters,

Let me throw you my sword

Along with memories 

Gathered with cobwebs

On life’s journey

Deja vu visits 

As I wander through verdant fields 

Feet in a babbling brook,

Castle walls calm and gnarled from the fight.

Fade with grandeur into the night.

Nimue are you there?

Can you hear me ?

Reveal to me your beauty,

Reveal to me your wisdom

A thousand years you’ve slept

Watching over the dawns

Conjuring the mist from the mirror

Illusory form of the deep.

Excalibur I return to you

I have no use for it now,

Take it before I plunge it to my heart 

I have held it high

Dulled the blade in many fight

Nimue, please wake,

My tears mix with the waters 

Raise your hand like you have before

Catch what I throw

Keep it safe for others

For I must go.

26/07/2022  23:15-23:40

SUMmer EVE

 Leaden summer skies filled with swifts and swallows

Skipping over the hedgerows 

Fresh cool air on my face like a linen sheet 

Purple grass , of gossamer clouds at my feet

Sun horizon boiling  illuminates the oaks 

casting orange clouds 

As fierce as the forge at the hands of creation

A still, still air of silence cloaks

The moon , a slit of light 

Suspended in the blue

Like a crack in a door,

Inviting us to the other side 

Bright shafts , beaming the invitation, as before.

Knowing not where it leads 

Generations wonder

What’s behind the glimmer 

The Siren silver , pulling me in

Through the feather crescent .

Drenching shimmer forever present.

Ever above is, ever below,

The moons ghostly shadow has us in tow,

Draws us in to its shine

Like tides of endless time forth and back

Mystery of what’s behind the silver sabre crack.

03/07/2022 00:05-00:40

hURt and SOle

 My heart lies on the roadside 

Cast aside by youth 

in the search for truth

Left to rot, openly beating

Crying for the body , waiting for the scoop of angels 

To place it in the breast of a lover

Gone it is now , in dust and smoke

Barely a stain left where it fell

No resurrection, no connection 

No hot blood running through 

But eaten by the crows.

Will it be found where it fell

Will life be breathed from the grains of hope staring to the heavens

Each passing day and night

Diminishing the chance of chance.

But chances hand may cast a shadow

That awakes the deep inside,

The hibernation. 

Scraping the remains to form new life 

Placing it in the open wound from whence it came 

To fulfil its role , and beat again in the body lost 

joining once more  with its soul . 

28/05/2022.  17:15- 17:45

cAt

 Ok Mr Mouse. I’ve had my fun

I’m now just old cat. , sitting in sun

Time was ,I’d creep jump and tease

Toss you here, good you there 

Play as I pleased.

But these days I just can’t be bothered

I flick my tail, leave it to others,

Curl my paws and lick my claws

Shoot a glance at the dog filled door.

They always follow me around.

They can’t quite figure me , stupid hounds,

they chase me in and out the house 

As if I was , the frightened mouse.

Just one quick biff is all it takes,

They scarper off with all their mates,

I sit there by the window pane

Showering looks  of deep disdain.

Look at them they wolf down dinner

As if there has to be a winner.

I look at mine and walk away

There must be something nice today?

Busy day now , groom my hair

I’ll take a nap behind the chair

Just a sec , what’s that smell

Of course , I crapped here earlier

Oh hell!

CITI fell

 Hold my hand 

Hold it tight

Hold me  close

With our feet in sand

Sea salt perfume

Mirror sea, dancing lights

Rhythmic waves ,

Cooling the mind

Warm breeze, in your hair

Gently flicking across your eyes

I stare at you mesmerised.

Steps on the beach 

Left behind as we advance 

Each one a memory gone

Randomly together

As we dance 

Eyes to the stars 

Retreat to the dunes

Grass waves it’s welcome,

In your arms , embrace the moment

Ghostly moon looks down,

Bathes the hollow in monochrome

Distant citadel, broods in silhouette 

Protecting those within and without

Comforting outline, standing guard 

Centuries of looking down on others

Will crumble before this love , for lovers.

10/06/2022 23:00-00.00

Fool crumb

 Youth is before the fulcrum 

Anxious to progress, time to waste

Rushing through new emotions

The flower of life opening up before the eyes

Joy of life ready to taste

Winding paths eagerly tread,

Randomly taken on a whim of mind

Pounding heart the sun pours in

Few rainy days , no gasping sighs

Eyes wide open , but temporarily blind

There comes a point unseen below

That slips beneath our restless feet.

The balance tipping, past midday

Beyond the solstice , beyond the cries

The see-saw stops it’s gentle repeat

Then looking back, where was the peak

The equilibrium that allowed me stand

To look around at all I’ve conquered 

To bathe in glory, to take it in

To breathe in the settled land

Missed the moment , gone forever,

Settled in my memories eye

Fading sunset ,is it golden?

Or twilight misted time now frozen

The fulcrum points towards the sky

03/05/2022 12:05-12:28

GREEN man

 The green man is at my gate conjuring as magic those that sleep in the earth in winters dark days.

The larks again have found their voice and soar up in crisp dawn air , to find favour with a mate so fair

Frantic is the air and ground as hoof and claw alert with hearts beating , eyes wide and nostrils flared, sense the forthcoming battles ahead , to ensure their line is kept.

The strengthening sun , it’s long fingers creep into the the darkest shadow. Awaking the souls within, calling out to join the din

I look the green man  squarely in the eye. An ancient face I recognise. From deep down in a distant past , before mankind’s birth before my consciousness on this earth.

Take care he utters , take care , I am only here because of you. 

I cannot survive without your help

I am the the guardian of the green , I can’t create , Only husband the land.

Each year I rise and shepherd the seasons. Bring bounty where I can , bring beauty for all and Manna for man

Beware he calls, beware, for I’m tired and might not return.

27/03/2022 20:05-20:25