New season, can you accept it with grace And it’s been an age since I’ve seen your face And for all my intuitive understanding I can never reply to what you are demanding In splintered prose And less travelled roads It all gets so tiresome and weary I just want someone to see it clearly And I had thought that you Had peered through The vast abyss or canyon cavern To something more than a tavern With spirits and ale A chalice that is not up for sale I support the columns because should they fall There would be an unholy clatter in the hall Like that time we shattered glass Or broke the branch of class With our own brand of free Now he’s talking to me And it’s like all my dreams have come true In the midst of me and you And absent weight A moment to forget the hate And all that weighs us down We could be the coolest folks in the town Your words, not mine And every crime Has its resolution And the solution Is meeting them where they are Every person, I don’t care who you are Has a star At the core of their being Even though they may not be seeing The light sublime I wouldn’t trade it in if it were mine
Paddy’s eyes were like stone opals And I wonder how he is Did he get his woman Did he get his wish Coz for a while he was mine And I can see the sparkles shine As they encase his face Not one hair was out of place And he had that devilish grin And a personality that would win You over with a smile I keep it on file But the memories fade And the bodies age Do you still have facial hair And a presence that is just there And we crossed paths in Spiral Tree I caught you stare at me As I wait by the bar Oh, if I could only know what you are Coz you escape definition And the early edition Of the Longford Leader (If you took time to read her) Announces our notice true What would my life look like with you By my side, coz you’re in my heart I watch the comet turn an arc And come back to flame Is it okay I used your name?
You’re a hotfire bitch You drive around the town Spitting out air Like I want you around But the Grace has fallen Like a star to earth You try to stick To the old hurt But it don’t last Coz it’s in the past And I don’t hate you But the love is gone (Was it just attachment All along?) And we were young And running through grass How did I know That it wouldn’t last As you would attack Every time I turned my back Take me down Because of what you lack But the sky split the seam And the lightning struck And you can’t read me I’m not a good book So talk or don’t Reach out but I won’t Ever let you in again Go play your tune To some of your men And write me off Is it bad I’m glad Over what I’ve lost
The Poetry Book 