Floating in the powdery light of a pine forest
I saw eagles unable to enter my world.
But they were there.
Always waiting for me and you.
Where they swooped or stretched to cruise in flow and suspension, we pushed and pumped, and flexed and exerted ourselves.
We will study them
It is so easy to see their movements but harder to see into their souls, their engines of existence and fancifully…their play.
We drive back on swooping roads feeling surreptitiously possessing of wings.
TRYING TO KEEP IT HAPPY
Yes, I want to talk about happy things and smile and see everyone smile and sing and dance and all that good stuff.
Today, give me a moment, I can’t seem to do that.
Today the world is not complying with this happy thing.
War, latent destruction, dismal disregard and suchlike.
But I, soon after despair kicks me in the chest and belly at the same time, when I’m not looking, find the sky revealing sun and soaring proud eagles and then it is all searing happy moments.
No trying, just surprise. Only sweet and fine. Every time!
Testing
We want to know you and your status. Are you well and are you fit – we’re testing.
It could be that you have a spectral imagination, or perhaps you hum the answers to big questions as a sonic solution.
We love the bite we took, we love the way you look.
We, are me and my parallel twin, if there are two of us who can anyone blame?
You have invented many things, we, me, us, invent ourselves more than one at a time.
I hope you enjoyed meeting them, me or us.
Time to go. Time to smile a goodbye.
Who is leaving and who will stay – a question you might say.
We and they are together yet we did not see another person at the beginning
Trembling with amusement and gesturing with excitement not seen since the inception we cook up senses like a breakfast omelette
We just want to see you on holiday telling stories, jokes and witty verbal missives
The retreat to sounds, words and shapes should bring us to a conclusion
Pylon to you
Looking at that power line
There’s more than one
Great thick cables reduced to a thread
From where I stand I could be in bed
Sky high those cables pylon to pylon
Big insulators glistening in the sun
Power to the people
Power to you and me
Power across the hills, valleys and the trees
Down the alley, to my house
That other day when the power went out
I was walking along in the darkness,
Collided with a woman, she thought I was a lager lout
Just because the power went out
Left us in the darkness
Made her shout
Song 1
I think they see the truth
Think they know, they understand
It’s not just the glory of playing, singing with the band
It’s not just the height …..something …..so right
The fuel for every noble fight
Hard glory of every night
Keep it light – she said – keep it light, just keep it light
But I want to hold her so tight, only tight
There’s love in the air I breathe
More time to realize you’re mine
Take me to the well where I’ll drink sweet water
that potion of sheer vision and bright emotion
My body feels, my mind reels
Let it flow down to the heel of life
I think you know the story told
No greater reward, satisfaction
Eyes light the moon’s height
and breathing something fine
will turn truth into the sweetest living wine
Keep it light, keep it light… just keep it light
I will hold you tight, so tight…. so, tight forever
Ristretto
Sitting with a ristretto
Con permisso
The road outside is oh so
Rhythm passes
People walk
On a train you travel
Iron roads to walk
Some days there is so much talk
But when you’re sitting iron roads talk
Con permisso
A ristretto
Iron roads to walk