in 2012...

i wish you

love

passion

joy

.

happy new year
.
.

to you...

in this season

and all seasons

i hope you

dance

.

.

.

buon compleanno il mio uomo d'oro...

il mio cuore non dimenticherà mai -

mi manchi cosi -

holy tokens...

drench yourself in words unspoken

holy tokens of my heart now broken

these things i cannot say

on this or any day

sacraments to hold you tight

prayers to wing you through the night

lay them down within your soul

 
and wed you then my love made whole
.
.
.

o' holy grace...

whispers of your shadow sweep 'cross my lonely face
takin' me to that other place
the place of blood red moons
where stars come out at noon
and mornin's go to bed
with nothin' left unsaid

shadows of your whispers sweep 'cross my lovin' face
takin' me to that other place

 

the place of
holy grace

.

.

.

asked the north wind of the gypsy...

so who are you
gypsywoman

~
i cannot bear the world to see
who i'm not but want to be

i’ve just been playing solitaire
to live in love i do not dare

while i profess to love forever
i’ve loved another really never

i know you know it’s been a while
and i cannot resist your smile

~

so who are you
gypsywoman

.

.

.

to sleep...

dark are the days

darker still the nights
blackest black within my dreams

for me it did not pay
to love unleashed with all my might
left now with
just
my
screams
.
.
.

i ain't nev'a been loved...

i been a lotta thangs

in my life
been somebody’s child

somebody’s wife
taught sunde school

an’ carried a knife
lived in good

and lived in strife
but one thang

i ain’t nev'a been is
loved

had sweet nothin’s

whispered in my ear
even had somebody

call me dear
stayed with one

for more’n a year
and once or twice

i shed a tear
but i ain’t nev'a been

loved

 oh yeah, i been hugged on
and kissed on
an’ i been loved on
but i ain’t
nev'a

been
loved

not

true blue

through and through
 

not till now
not till
you

.

.

.

liquid moonlight...

 

moonlight spilled onto her skin

seeping its way to her heart again

 filling her sleep with its liquid gold

keeping her safe from the dreary cold

of nights no longer warmed by him

and days no longer light but dim

.

.

.

the web of woe...

a web of their own they did weave
when first they loved and did deceive
for love was not theirs to conceive
they gave no thought to those who’d grieve
and lose their light from that night’s deed
a web of woe did they weave
when first they loved and did deceive

.

.

.

where none could see...

in our hearts where none could see

our love was free - free to be
bursting shoving upward it did soar
to the gods we begged for more
but
like this frigid mount of heavenly blue

hidden from all who viewed
under the deep vast sweep
our love
did we
keep

.

you speak to me...

you speak to me

in words of painted fire
adding flame to my desire
lay me now on that pyre
and take my love entire

you move in me
in words of liquid red
with nothing left unsaid

fire in the night
sky burnin’ bright
you my heart ignite
till the mornin’ light

you speak to me
my aphrodite

~

i remember you...

i remember you...

where was it?       
i cannot remember the place
when long ago a minute or so
i first saw your face

but i cannot forget you
the way your eyes touched my soul
with never a spoken word
and made me feel once whole
i cannot forget you
the way your smile caressed my heart
with never the touch of hand
i knew we ne’er would part


~
               

the thought of you...

the thought of you
possesses and caresses my heart
how could it be that we had to part
leaving us both broken and blue

the thought of you
torments and tortures my soul
how could it be that time took its toll
making its way long overdue

the thought of you
teases and taunts to my core
how could it be we had to say no nevermore
leaving forever shut loves sweet door

but not

the thought of you ~

you let me be...

 



you

let

me

be
the things i’d long forgot
held me close untied the knots
without a scheme without a plot

you gave me back
who i was before
and didn’t know no more
the one who’d shut that door

you got me back on track
of who i used to be
who i was to me
the gypsy wild banshee

you let me be

the

me

of

me

.

.

is there...

is there no time for us
that we must love and part

is it a sin for us
to love with both our hearts

is there no way for us
to be in this life’s cusp

is there no place for us
before we turn to dust
.
.
.

two broken hearts...

 






in that moment of time stood still
in the silence of my screaming heart                      
i felt the sting of satan’s will
when from our love i did depart

and so i live in darkness void
where day is night and night is dead
with both our hearts now destroyed
and nothing left to be said

since from our love i did depart

leaving behind two broken hearts

the vault...

the sealed vault my life has become

when to your touch i did succumb

dark chambers brimmed with love un-lived

acts done acts not done to forgive 

lost in moments of love supreme

savage screams from yesterdays dreams

.

.

.

the door...

you bid my heart
to enter there

where no one else
had tread before

and so it did
without a care

then with your touch
i shut the door

.

.

.

spread your wings...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

spread your wings
unfold and open wide
fly me o’er that great divide
to the place where angels sing
 
 

spread your wings

do not thy spirit hide
fly me where the gods reside
to the place where passion clings

spread your wings
let my soul with thee abide
fly me to that crimson tide
to the place where love’s supreme

of midnight blue...

come to me in midnight blue
to sing to me your sweet sweet song
and never ever love be gone
come to me in midnight dew

to place a kiss upon my lips
and then to lay upon my hips 

come to me in midnight schemes
to give to me your heart’s love
when light shines down from above
till all our sins shall be redeemed

come to me in midnight dreams
come to me in midnight screams

of midnight blue

dawn's embrace...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

hold me close

hold me tight
hold me through

the vicious night
and if the morn

should find you gone

i shall love you more

with the dawn

the etching...

the night i etched your name
    upon my heart
i knew in that first kiss
    that fate would have us part
but not before love came
    and put the dark to rest
to lay us down deep entwined
    your hand upon my breast

you would be mine...

from the begins of time

you would be mine

if the seas did not us separate

if the winds did not blow us apart

and if the gods betrayed us not

till the end of time

you would be mine

.

.

.

if i go away...

if i go away
if i stay away

will you love me
still

come what may

for my heart will stay
      
if i go away
if i stay away

because
i love you
still

and
i
always
will

your smile...



come lay beside me for a while

and let me kiss your lovin' smile...

come...

step into my

dance

.

.

.

him - and you...

you have seen my naked heart

clad only in the sins of my past

remnants of the devil's lambaste

and you turned away not

you have tasted the dark green bile

spit from the belly of my severed soul

splotches of satan's soiree

and it reviled you not

you have borne witness to the atrocities

acted against the innocents by my dark twin

leaving the pieces to be buried again

and it frightened you not

you have felt the screams of my victims

wrenched from the hollow of my own heart

slivers of silent offenses

and you shrank back not

and he

he who has lived the golden life

who has never slept with the slick black steel

he would forgive me

and love me still

     but he would know me not

but you

you have walked the shadow streets

streets worn by my footprints

you would see no need to forgive

and would love me still

you would love me then in all my sins

     you would know me now

even then

the call of the open road...

the next few weeks will find the caravan on the move

so i'll be in and out of cyberland but would love to have you

scratch little notes in the sand, there by the fire, while i'm gone - 

you know how i love hearing from you -

see you soon - 

till then, peace and love -

pieces of 1975...

take my arms
my love
shelter from
the storm

you need
not ask
my love
for what
is mine
is yours

take my lips
my love
taste till
you are filled

you need
not want
my love
for they
are mine
to give

 

take my heart
my love
we need not
ever part   

you need
not need
my love
for love is
mine to give

there are no strings attached
no chains to hold you here

for love, my love,
my only claim

~

if i but could - from 1975...

if i but could
take the hurt
from out the wound
that lingers there
if i but could
take the rage
from out the deep
that dwells within
if i but could
take the sorrow
that sucks your life
away
if i but could
my love
 

i surely
would

.

the sight...

you take my breath away
i cannot help but stare

there is no end in sight
to the love i see there

i cannot help but stare

for you were always there
just a touch away

but it took love
to turn the night away

i cannot help but stare

the poem...

he

was no longer there
no longer with her
no longer a part of her
now gone forever
forever lost
no longer in her life
how could life exist at all
without him
could it perchance
a dream have been
but no,
neither a dream for if so
she could will herself
never to awaken
instead she was lost
left alone
as if he had died
no longer existed
no longer a man
now forever gone
 

he must
have been
a poem

crimson sighs...

hold me

with your eyes

then lay

your dreams

between my thighs

and feel my

crimson sighs

- this piece is also a result of the same dream as in the post below -