the gypsy on words unspoken

it's true...

2012-01-26T16:42:00.000-05:00

disappear

into

you

the heart of autumn...

2012-01-04T15:12:00.001-05:00

like autumn leaves
naked
brittle
and
frail
strewn against their will
by whispers of winter
so too her thoughts of him
lying long dormant

now weave their way
on the winds of time
into her days and nights
days without light
nights without end
without him
leaving her heart
naked
brittle
and
frail
like autumn leaves

in 2012...

2011-12-31T15:02:00.001-05:00

i wish you

love

passion

joy

happy new year
.
.

to you...

2011-12-24T16:31:00.000-05:00

in this season

and all seasons

i hope you

dance

buon compleanno il mio uomo d'oro...

2011-11-23T19:48:00.000-05:00

il mio cuore non dimenticherà mai -

mi manchi cosi -

holy tokens...

2011-11-15T18:14:00.000-05:00

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...

2011-11-10T18:59:00.000-05:00

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...

2011-10-29T17:50:00.002-04:00

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...

2011-10-24T17:14:00.001-04:00

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...

2011-10-16T14:59:00.000-04:00

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...

2011-10-11T12:29:00.000-04:00

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...

2011-10-09T16:14:00.000-04:00

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...

2011-10-03T20:51:00.000-04:00

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...

2011-09-16T16:28:00.002-04:00

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...

2011-08-27T20:49:00.000-04:00

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...

2011-08-14T12:25:00.000-04:00

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...

2011-08-13T08:19:00.000-04:00

you

let

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

is there...

2011-08-03T17:15:00.006-04:00

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...

2011-07-30T19:51:00.000-04:00

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...

2011-07-24T19:33:00.001-04:00

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...

2011-07-22T18:06:00.000-04:00

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...

2011-07-16T13:31:00.000-04:00

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...

2011-07-11T18:08:00.000-04:00

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...

2011-07-10T16:26:00.000-04:00

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...

2011-07-09T17:02:00.000-04:00

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...

2011-07-08T12:04:00.001-04:00

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...

2011-07-06T17:04:00.000-04:00

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...

2011-07-03T18:33:00.000-04:00

come lay beside me for a while

and let me kiss your lovin' smile...

come...

2011-07-02T18:23:00.000-04:00

step into my

dance

him - and you...

2011-06-13T19:13:00.001-04:00

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...

2011-05-28T00:33:00.000-04:00

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...

2011-05-25T16:41:00.000-04:00

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...

2011-05-24T15:52:00.001-04:00

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...

2011-05-22T19:54:00.000-04:00

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...

2011-05-21T00:34:00.000-04:00

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...

2011-05-18T10:26:00.002-04:00

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 -

imprints...

2011-05-17T13:39:00.002-04:00

last night
i lay
in the imprint
of your dreams

upon my bed

this morning
i woke
to the imprint
of your heart
upon my own

~
- these words are the result of a dream i had last night - a dream in which i felt the imprint of another's body beside me and dreamed that i needed to write these words down - when i woke, there on my bed, scribbled in my hand were these words -

my love true...

2011-05-15T22:29:00.000-04:00

i been an awful lotta places
kissed all kinds’a handsome faces
even found one i thought was for me
but i ain’t neva been where i’m ‘sposed to be

till I got to you
my love true

the dance...

2011-05-13T18:27:00.000-04:00

never really had no fear

to dance on the edge
never had no one to hold dear
always perched on the ledge

could you not see.....

2011-05-10T02:47:00.000-04:00

could you not see
what love had done to me
could you not see
for us i had to flee
could you not see
i had to set you free

can now you see
and forgive me

i feel you there...

2011-05-09T00:01:00.002-04:00

i feel you there
you know
when you come
here
even when no words
are left
i can feel you here
it is as if my body ticks
in rhythm to your tocks
ticktock ticktock ticktock

you enter my mind
and your breath
brushes against my heart
and my breathing
breeds a life of its own
my nostrils quiver
as your scent
permeates the page
even when no words
are written
no ink spilled
and even when
you are not here
but there
i feel you
here
in your thoughts
of being here
i feel you here
when you come
here
in your dreams
time measured
in gasps
of the in between
your next time
and i feel you
come
here

again

you...

2011-05-08T13:21:00.000-04:00

set

free

i cannot let you near...

2011-05-06T13:35:00.001-04:00

i cannot

let you near

you, the one i love so dear

i cannot

see the way
from this dark place and into day

i cannot

feel my heart
it’s wrapped in satan’s pitch black art

i cannot

speak aloud
the fear that drapes me like a shroud

i cannot

let you near
you, the one i love so dear

i cannot

let you near

the game...

2011-05-02T22:19:00.002-04:00

we both knew the game
it wasn’t gonna be tame

we both knew the rules
we weren’t no fools

but when the game did end
with what could we defend

both our hearts
our weakest parts

lay broken and blue
in a blood-filled pool

but we both knew the rules

would you like to hear these words spoken?

simply...

2011-05-01T21:55:00.001-04:00

when i think of you

i do not think
of your being there
of my being here
i simply think of you

these rags......

2011-04-29T12:09:00.000-04:00

let me shed
these threadbare rags
the clothes of convention
wardrobe of society
ecclesiastical attire
the dirty laundry of
women like me
of women
of me
of ME

these garments
that encumber me so
that stifle and stigmatize
that suffocate my soul
suffer me so

suffer my heart

rip them from my body
strip them away from the meat of my bones
tear them from my pure white flesh
the touch of them igniting burning branding
the texture of my thoughts

then throw them back
from whence they came
from whence they were sent
into the cesspools
of their own making
they have designed their own demise
and will inherit their own destruction
in their own way and in their own time

and i
i shall dress
i shall dress me
in the fabric of my imagination
the tapestry of tangible visions
woven from the heartstrings
of mine own spirit
i shall wear frocks of silken silence
shaped by voices unheard
sewn with the threads of
my heart’s love

dressing or not dressing

in my own way and in my own time

and i
i shall live
i shall live by the dictates
of mine own heart
by the requisites of
love that guides me
bears me with its beauty
with its truth
upholding that which is good
which bears no evil
which loves for loves sake alone
giving all to love for love
asking nothing in return
loving as i go
in my own way and in my own time

and i
i shall love
i shall love you

YOU

in dreams.....

2011-04-28T10:28:00.000-04:00

you move me

in dreams of liquid red

nothing left unsaid

would you like to hear these words spoken?

we both knew...

2011-04-27T10:54:00.000-04:00

we both knew there’d be a day
when i would go away
that i could never stay
i’d have to go my way
the sun held at bay
and night would come to stay
the stars no longer shine
and cry you are no longer mine
since i went away

but my love with you stays

always

would you like to hear the words spoken?

together forever...

2011-04-25T12:33:00.001-04:00

on nights that wept for love
for what could never be
the tears of the night
fell softly from the skies
trickling down upon the
earthen bed of lovers lost
who in the light of day

love would betray

lovers who now would be

together forever

the calling.....

2011-04-23T21:01:00.002-04:00

i hide behind these thick thick walls
to save myself from all those falls
when love comes knockin’
and i hear its sweet sweet calls

she loved the way...

2011-04-20T20:34:00.000-04:00

she loved the way
his eyes held her
how they floated toward her

embracing her
like angels’ wings
softly and tenderly
how they sparkled like
green and golden stars
on a dark winters’ night
how in his eyes not only
did she see his soul
but her own as well

she loved the way
his mouth worshipped her
with words of love
with sounds of love
as if she were
a greek goddess to whom
such homage should be paid
in diamonds and rubies
and when he kissed her
how his mouth cautiously
meandered from her
shoulder up the valley
of her neck to the curve
of her cheek and then
down to the plump
hills of her own waiting lips

she loved the way
his nostrils joyfully
inhaled her fragrance
her essence her very being
how they flared
like a magnificent stallion
ever so slightly
at just the sight of her and
how as he took a breath
she felt herself being
drawn down down into
the recesses of his
life forces

she loved the way
his sinewy hands
seemed to have a life
of their own when
he touched her
emitting powerful
electrical charges into her flesh
how they echoed the
rhymic beating
of her heart’s desire
deep inside its chamber of bone
and heard her heart sing
in exaltation to their touch

she loved the way
his body responded to her
to the image of her to the sound of her
the smell of her to the taste of her
to her response to him
how uncontrolled and uncontrollable
it became as if taken hostage by
some unseen cannibalistic cosmic force
all consuming devouring all in its path
until its thirst was momentarily quenched
its hunger momentarily satiated

she loved the way
that theirs was a passion a lust a love
so intense as to defy the physical alone
demanding all and then more
as it did in a way that
neither could understand could comprehend
in a way neither had experienced before
and would ne’er experience with any other
in a way that they loved as no others had nor ever would

yes, they loved that way

frozen time...

2011-04-18T12:21:00.001-04:00

i carve myself

a dream of you

from frozen time

and steamy thoughts

a dream in which

the world is ours

and love need not

be slept away

your love became...

2011-04-14T12:41:00.000-04:00

your eyes

became
my vision of the world of myself

your ears

captured
the unsung songs of my love for you

your mouth

the field of passion’s flavors upon my lips

would you like to hear the words spoken?

the world of pearls...

2011-04-11T16:36:00.001-04:00

remnants of shattered dreams drifted round her like so many strands of broken pearls

pearls that no longer had a string

pearls that had long since lost their effervescence

lackluster balls no longer a part of anything whole

these streams of yesterday’s dreams drifted to the splintered floor of her life empty without him
daylight became just another torture to be endured
countless hours of pretend in that world of if only called reality

and night

night alone in her dream world of him

night

the burning hellfire and brimstone scratched from the pulpit of her southern baptist childhood

night when all else was shut out by the darkness she had come to love

darkness hiding the sins of her heart

the lust of her soul
darkness where she became who she was

where she was no longer alone

but with her thoughts of him

of them

darkness where all sins committed were well worth the price of admission

yes

nights when memories held her close

caressed her heart

whispered softly into her ear

nights where dreams were the playground of their desire

their love acted out
love acted out under moons apart

and lives apart

her

in the dreamworld of broken pearls
him

in that other world

the world of reality

would you like to listen to the words?

shadow walk...

2011-04-07T18:14:00.006-04:00

i walk the lonely streets
phantom shadows without you

and see the world around me
bleak and empty without your presence

i hear the sounds of music
made silent without your laugh

and taste the dark sweet chocolate
turned bitter without your lips

i smell the flowers’ fragrances

turned foul without you

and feel the shafts of sun upon me
turn icy cold without your arms

i sleep away the darkness
made hellish without your touch

and speak the language
of loveless words without your name

i write these words
indelibly spilling from

my bleeding heart

and dream of days now gone
of life with you

would you like to hear the words?

and i feel it still...

2011-04-05T21:31:00.012-04:00

in the silence of the stars

spilling from the skies
in the blue indigo of your crying eyes

in the crimson tide of time stood still
when of my own free will

i turned and walked away
that cold dark day

i felt the sound of your heart break
when our love i did forsake

and

i feel it still

...........................................................................

lost...

2011-03-30T17:39:00.004-04:00

how deep the skies

how deep our love

how lost my heart
~

the stars more brightly shine...

2011-03-26T11:50:00.002-04:00

i dream of you in velvet streams
tied with my heart’s own strings
so take this, take this little bag of love
unloose it now to the heavens above
and see the stars more brightly shine
for all my love is thine

only thine
and thine alone

still...

2011-03-23T10:39:00.000-04:00

your eyes enslave me

still

in dreams of moonbeams...

2011-03-21T19:29:00.002-04:00

at night when i close my eyes

and you are there deep inside

you bring me back to where i wanna be

back to where we both were free

in dreams

and
golden
moonbeams

oh holy heart....

2011-03-15T08:20:00.001-04:00

i am certain of nothing

but of the holiness

of the heart's affection
.
.
.

the liquid sleep...

2011-03-11T10:51:00.009-05:00

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 sound...

2011-03-10T15:07:00.003-05:00

the sound of silence

deafening to my heart

since we're apart
.
.
.

postcard from the caravan...

2011-02-28T13:26:00.001-05:00

it's the beginning of spring and after the long winter, i've decided to take a break -

so, the caravan will be parked for a while -

i'll keep the campfires burning bright with warm thoughts of you till we meet again -

until then -

peace and love

gypsy

way down deep...

2011-02-26T17:32:00.000-05:00

where do you hide your love for me

way down deep in the deep blue sea

way down deep

in your deep blue eyes

deeper deep than the heaven’s skies

i know where you hide your love for me

way

down

deep

sins of the heart...

2011-02-23T15:27:00.000-05:00

what sin is it we did commit

which of our acts must we repent

that fate conspires to tear apart

the gods alone should love impart

that though our hearts beat true as one

we may not love till life is done

what sin is it

our hearts commit

thoughts in blue...

2011-02-22T16:01:00.001-05:00

the thought of him and

her heart quickened its beat

the thought of him and

her soul dissolved in heat

the thought of him

now her only feat

the thought of him

she was no longer her

she had become

the thought of him

a one act play...

2011-02-20T13:46:00.001-05:00

and he -

he sat

his back away from her

his eyes cast down into eternity

he could not bear to look

their hearts were open books

and she -

she stood

her back away from him

her eyes cast up into eternity

he knew his life before had stopped – had come to final rest

his head held captive ‘tween her creamy breasts

and he

he succumbed to his longing heart as he sat there

her fingers wandering through his thick thick hair

and she –

she smiled

her eyes cast up into eternity

kiss me...

2011-02-18T18:48:00.000-05:00

she stayed...

2011-02-17T09:41:00.000-05:00

there was nothing

she did not shrink

that he could tell her

his words did not deter

that she did not

he was her lot

already know

her love she did bestow

and yet she stayed

for his love she had prayed

she
was not

afraid

she tried it all...

2011-02-13T12:00:00.002-05:00

she tried it all

to fill it up

to fill it in

all those empty spaces

all that life wasted

where to begin

in time with no end

arms that held her tight

held her close through the night

lips that kissed her own

but none of them were home

where was her heart

since they were apart

she tried it all

to fill it up

to fill it in

she tried it all

and now?

2011-02-11T16:44:00.001-05:00

and what of you when she went away

when she slipped from view that cold dark day

did a part of her remain perchance

remnant of your swirling shadow dance

and what of you when she came back not

when she slipped from you in a loose lover’s knot

did a piece of her lodge in your heart

remnant of your mind’s work of art

and what of you now since she’s been gone

when with her she took your brilliant dawn

and what of her since she slipped from sight

when with you she left her beloved night

and what of her since she went away

when from you she left ‘fore judgment day

and what of you

and what of her

now

that she’s

gone

and

you're

both

all

alone

what of you

what of her

the sun burned my flesh today...

2011-02-10T21:30:00.000-05:00

i thought it was

your kiss

what good these lips...

2011-02-08T11:22:00.001-05:00

that no longer taste

his
.
.

she thinks of him...

2011-02-04T21:17:00.000-05:00

she thinks of him
on days cold as
the arctic winds
his absence now
the frigid echoes
of time gone by

on days hot as the
burning desert
his loss leaving
ripples of crimson
across her broken heart

on days drenched
in dripping tears of the sky
the vacuum of what
was him filled with
liquid vapors

she thinks of him
on nights sparkling
like diamonds cast
upon black velvet
dark reminders of
of their silent love

on nights crisscrossed
with nature’s raging power
keepsakes of their passion
held now in the closed box
of what was

on nights inglorious
nights devoid of light
of movement
of life
of love
of them

she thinks of him

this heart of mine...

2011-02-01T17:17:00.001-05:00

take this

my weeping heart
that cries in vain
for your lost name

take this

my bleeding heart
what can it now impart

yes, take this

my wounded heart

it was yours

from the start

take this

my heart

would we?

2011-01-27T12:36:00.003-05:00

love had us in a trance

would we do it again
if given the chance

would we risk it again
just to dance the dance

love has us in a trance

still

and
always
will

this crimson vessel...

2011-01-26T14:35:00.004-05:00

heart’s so full

of dark gray clouds

got me in its pull

wanna scream out loud

but sound don’t come
to a heart heavy as mine
thoughts turned numb
stayin’ alive just to pine

seems the skies above
feel the same bleak way
weepin’ my loss of love
drippin’ sadness night and day

rains come down
deep into my soul
so ‘fraid i’m gonna drown
and it stings me so

trickles down thru my flesh
strippin’ ‘way all that’s left
leavin’ nothin’ but an empty mess
like a sinister theft

hurricane winds of despair
leavin’ my mind tossed about
can’t rebuild can’t repair
this crimson vessel
full of doubt
.
.
.
.
.

deep within...

2011-01-23T14:59:00.002-05:00

my want of
you
lies deep
deep within
too deep
within
to let loose
the salty tears
leaving trails
of all my fears
stuck deep
deep within
too deep
within

my want of
you

bello d'oro...

2011-01-21T12:20:00.000-05:00

sometimes in the light of day
i see your face in the most unusual way

sometimes in the dark of night
i feel your touch in the most usual way

sometimes in the here and now
i recall that you are no longer here

now