In your sweet shade

whenever
wherever I lay my head
in abandon
it shall rest
in your sweet shade
and I will forget
the thirst
not knowing how many
of your tears
I drank

but I shall
know
no greater treasure lies
beyond the
amber ocean of your eyes
or the
silken brightness
of your smile

do forgive me
if words & dream
sare all I can give you
for now
for I want
to reach you
and
to reach out
and carving out
this mountain
it is your name
I see
and it is
your smile & grace
my fingers
trace out of the
darkness

somewhere along
these lines
of youth & wisdom
somewhere behind
these miles of
vertigo
dreams
are woven
and unfold
in bright
shivering motions
and they too
long to rest
in your sweet shade

Into starlight.

Quenching your thirst

Do you curse where you come from,
Do you swear in the night
Will it mean much to you
If I treat you right.
Do you like what you're doing,
Would you do it some more
Or will you stop once and wonder
What you're doing it for.
Hey slow Jane, make sense
Slow, slow, Jane, cross the fence.

Do you feel like a remnant
Of something that's past
Do you find things are moving
Just a little too fast.
Do you hope to find new ways
Of quenching your thirst,
Do you hope to find new ways
Of doing better than your worst.
Hey slow Jane, let me prove
Slow, slow Jane, we're on the move.

Do it for you,
Sure that you would do the same for me
one day.
So try to be true,
Even if it's only in your hazey way.

Can you tell if you're moving
With no mirror to see,
If you're just riding a new man
Looks a little like me.
Is it all so confusing,
Is it hard to believe
When the winter is coming
Can you sign up and leave.
Hey slow Jane, live your lie
Slow, slow jane, fly on by.

- Nick Drake

Into starlight.

Whispering in shades

silver bells ring
chasing away
the ghosts
under this burning
sun

and on the
merciful
afternoon calm
music floats
and whispers
in shades
casting away the
days

silver bells ring
to remember
beaming smiles
and toasts
- a doo-wop
sanctuary of sorts -
and souls
wrapped as candy
for streetwise
scribblers

you dig?

Into twilight.