once warmed by your embrace i was snapped back by the cruel frostbitten hands of winter cold circles are again all i chase without you doubled lives a titanic separating line but living larger than possibility is all we`ll ever think to face i dream to find us once more uniting in colour our eyes lit harmonic creators harshly torn apart swung together again in sand-flit wind with the inevitable end in sight looming it has the power to crush ushering in loss dividing hearts like two halves of a seashell washed upon different shores it will be as one or be undone that beautiful piece of you completes my intention to feel i`ve never felt this way before your smile`s profound encircles me all around with open arms my open eyes sip you in wanting for time but wanting you more throw ourselves to the rushing sea winds the stars we chose will take us in by the rocks we sit and tuck ourselves up the night restless waiting for us to begin and nothing will ever stop us and no one can be our guide we go by the standards set by that awesome night sky and never again be at a loss words tumble from my seasalt lips to ask why to say no wait but i have something the world in all its glory could never give i have you i have your magic
i have your kiss
linds. jan. 2002
surprise me
small epiphanies of you
distill the essence of your being
shifting
play on words,
and body paint
mixing fantasies in the face of
realistic faces,
and stifled,
stifling
desires
linds. july 2002
i never expected, you
i never expected to
fall
into your grace
so fast
so far,
tumbling
i,
disappeared beneath the surface
of your gaze
of your perfection
slipped from a wall
built before the fall
with no foundation
you toppled all
i'll let my words find you this time
their hour is now,
time screams out
her night possesses all and
allows one,
just one,
to make a sound
you and i
in turn
built our bridges
our wishes washed over us
and led,
to rhythms caught
between lines of thought
you would never, could never,
seek what i sought
linds. july 2002
simple
grace caught up
in the white feathered necks, craning skyward
lending beauty to a landscape
only Nature should explain
this soft land of geisha
white, painted
fireflies on to the night
has shown me kindness, serenity
enough peace to remain
forever
in my life
the tips of streaming japanese skies
their shifting state is likened to mine
their blue embrace my foreign
foreigner state
blue to match my glance up
up
upwards towards
the blue above the onsens' reflective light
i stand in awe
of the crane
of the way
Japan moves me
so
a peace-loving nation
a twice-wounded heart
waking cicadas, the morning's glaze
buzzing, blinding
steer me to new paths
chasing dragons across one wide, majestic rice paddy maze
gardens of thought
where i grow a few choices
japanese words and phrases
"kirei desu ne!" allows inspiration to escape
the old man's origami fingers amazes
my newfound home
beats with tradition
throbs with taiko rhythms
and japanese dreams beyond
any western imagination
linds. august 2002
we are a see-through culture
of surfaces and styles
we've forgotten all the meaning
behind reasons to smile
the duty of the 9-5
the grinding down to the dull
we're working real hard to get
our western bellies fed and full
the system pushes, shakes us down
down we go until we drown
and resurface for the upteenth time
to coalesce with the masses
to stay in line
our ageless society
of beautyless masks
makes me ashamed
makes me want to wretch
though i do not hold the chin/nose/breast cutting knife
i somehow feel implicated
in the increasing shallowness of life
but i'll do my part
i'll take the heat
to get the masses up
up off their feet
and battle the extraordinary powers that be
it'll, after all, just come down to
the ordinary
you and me
linds. august 2002
if you promise
always
then i will wait for you
if you say the words
then forever we can stay
lit against the sky
uniquely one, rising high
if you're willing
i'll be able,
to guide you through
the night
it waits, speaking a chorus of rhythms
matching us to sweet harmonies
changing brilliant yellows and reds in the leaves
you're not an everyday occurence
i envy the time lost before
my life with you
before the piano keys began to play
play melodies i had never even imagined
an imagination before today
i am more
with you near
i gather strength,
to expose my fears
to say the words...
"stay with me dear"
floating up
through coloured fish
bubbles
bottomless blue
apart and distant
no place i'd rather be
this water
sensual gliding
head up to face
you, smack of rays
eyes stunned with discovery
discover me
blissful calm, lapping waves
this tranquil space you promise to break, over me
bent by this breeze
i went
twirling with
a forgotten intrigue
a lost part, returned
you, sweet scent
ocean breaks
shelter this flame
launched a tomorrow
without a today
we'll never forget
our breezy yesterdays
linds. 2000.