and their children
(2013)
Way up there on that hill of yours; that most hard-won ivory tower. Hiding there behind your perfect guise
Some time ago, I made my way down to the crossroads, to try my lucky hand at the devil’s gaming tables.
How does a landed mariner ever tell a living soul about the exquisite rapture of the sultry siren’s song ? As it echoed through the mist,
I was addressed today in the secret silent language that everyone knows; except for me. It was assumed I’d know exactly
Your unexpected words of kindness fell upon this desert dweller’s arid heart
Sometimes I worry what you’ll thi… about these words I spew upon this… Not often. Not for very long. What of the form and structure?
Come out, come out, wherever you are. I know you’re in here. You dirty little secret.
Everything he has ever been taught alerts him to avert that dancing f… What is it then that demands he mu… proceed towards his certain fiery… Some deep and ancient voice within
I am your greatest grandmother calling softly on the ocean winds. I was never lost to you forever, only swallowed by the other half o… Come down with me to the quiet pla…
Something whispers, certainly not nothing. A subtle impetus to choose to stir and rise
Who of you will follow where I’m bound to go? None that I can see. None that I can name. No-one that I know.
That cranky old mongrel hound cooped up down the alley; he ain’t got no teeth no more but he still knows how to snarl. he gets them young pups all worked…
He’s been around the block and even toured the world, with scars upon scars to show from many a hard-fought battle. Yet like many old dogs
There’s a voice deep inside getting stronger every day. I cannot deny the message these urgent words proclaim. Why bother?
There ain’t no precious gold comin’ outa that there mountain, if all I wanna do is sit and dream of what I’ll do when I get some.
