Annapolis Waters

Met you on the dock

half on land

half on water

You gingerly jumped off

and held me with

half your body

The other half

oh-so-lovingly dedicated

to smoking a Marlboro cigarette

With half a mind

not to burn me,

a desire held too soon

a desire held too soon

February 26, 2001

Land

You are the land
the earth
and the sea

you are everything to me

you are nothing what you seem

You are the wind
the will
and the way

you are nothing of
what you say

you are more
than you could possibly
dream

And baby,
you've dreamt
of everything

I say I

I say I

I say I

I, I, aye

Baby, you are you
you are pure and free
you are the end -
what's
dear to me

you are the end
the will and the way


I say I

I say I

I say I
to grasp on hard
to let you go

I say I
because I know
there's no reason why

I say I
to survive

I say I

I, I

I say I

I, I, aye






Land





July 2015

Black and Gold

Walked by
and smelt a
Black and Gold

remembered
just what I'd been
told

you didn't love me
now or then

you wouldn't
be my friend

a decade or so goes by
when you see me
you can't match my eyes

it's all the same now
as then

your will I couldn't bend

don't you know my love?
it sends the sea
the vastest space between
you and me

it drowns and yet rises again


I will always be your friend

I will always be your friend

I will always be your friend




Walked by and smelt
a Black and Tan

remembered just
who I am

resplendent in my
truth and grace

I cannot be erased





Black and Gold




July 2015