Communication 71

3:45 am Dawn Walking 

The alarm like a scalpel cutting into sleep,

I wake and unzip my eyelids

I’ll leave the demons dormant,  

underneath the bed,

dawn walking on my own, 

hours before the traffic drones

and footsteps spoil the mornings morals 

with a cluttered undignified march

hand on the door handle, so eagerly awake,

right foot forward, headfirst into day break,

not so much as an echo carries,

it’s just dead air, yet to be of relevance,

I inhale deeply, 

tasting yesterdays reminiscence,

I have no desire to carry the past protagonist,

so I walk and keep on walking,

streets and side roads winding 

not one soul shows or surfaces,

all intense and purposes remain locked away,

poignant , I continue to wander,

determined not to squander 

the closing seconds, before the gavel bangs, 

when trams, buses and trains

inject themselves into the cities veins 

Communication 70

Forever Eternal

So much of life has passed me by

places, faces have come and gone,

I’m still the same though, well,

at least I think I am,

memories like shrapnel

disintegrate

erode

disband

naturally becoming fragments

in my wasteland,

“for now at least

I’ve forfeited peace

for a journey

that pulls me far from you,

there are no calculations

for my destination”

I am forever eternal,

a star with no core,

a moon with no sun,

a frequency

with no measured resonance,

a signal with static interference, 

when you next see me

time would’ve changed

my appearance

resting,

I lay within this crimson,

with limited vision,

my third eye,

my only orientation,

there is no parallel 

not one that I can clearly see,

I’ve done my best

to hide from age

but it would appear

its finally caught up with me

Communication 69

Oceans In The Sky 

There are oceans in the sky

they can't be seen with the human eye

you'll feel their rush, a sound of a pipe

as darkness yawns, you'll see their light

I wish so much I could hitch a ride

take a chance, be gone in a glance,

but I can't,

here I stand cemented to this earth

lamenting fallen feelings,

scribbling useless verse,

what I write means nothing to no one,

I'll sit and wait though, 

tormenting myself to try and make sense

surly my time can be better spent

Hopping lives carriages, forging new friends

marriages of the heart,

those who come together, eclipse

the few that break apart,

I'll always be here for you

behind each wave as it so gracefully breaks,

I'm your foundation,

I'll steady you, support you

however long it takes,

come now, set sail with me 

upon the oceans in the sky

hold my hand tight, and kiss goodnight 

to a life that wilted so many years ago