Trouble At The Gate

Yes the tree opened I mean
My tree swung open
After about ten minutes
Standing there empty mind
Left side was easier
No surprise there
At first I remembered everything
About you and then left side
I began to examine our branching
How it made me into this shape

Living The Dream Of Clean

down the corridors and alcoves
dead bugs lots of hair
more than a few beverage containers
I watched him wipe the doors
I watched the glass how it moved
in the light non-light back and forth
a wave into the stillness why wait

The Key Ring Of Mystery

The gate is not a fan of the key
more like the sword is the fan
of the sky and sky sense
breathes on my neck you are absent
from the night and its interior drama
the spiders their webs plus dead wasps
so conspicuous drying out their lives
on the third floor of Deady the area
wiped clean of last year or is it
will it ever be all the way clear
just what is happening just what
has gone down this life my dreams

Noise In The World

Why was all that noise in the world
in the keys thinking about the lock
round and round the bind I guess bond
so protected so secure behind every door
nothing very different only more stability

What happened if it is opened and unlocked
everything flying loose and unpredictable
for so long salt water and waves hearing them
all night and now not whales but the train
starting and stopping through town

This guessing is so quiet like a mouse
trapped inside the building with no way out
could it be that you are ready were all along
only why did you keep this to yourself
was it the dream of ferns and grasses

Under the moon I will think it passes for love
what I know now is that we were meant to listen
hear its clicks and turnings take what is given
so freely just in time right there all along
jumbling the air into folds and twists

Mystery Of The Quiet Keys

The keys were too quiet
and all was not lost
even though I panicked shall we say
more than just a little bit
during my dream of the night
daytime a distant memory
always someday you'll hold my hands
I will become the long kiss
meaning that these words
were never needed only our hearts
thanks to you

Ten

I will never forget ten o'clock
hap new year signs signals
done all done so know this

new year news now take me
to the future new year now sing
me with your strong arms
your beautiful mouth

I'll never get back
those hours of my life
rock'n eve or not

Dreams Of The Brass

Night poses terrible longing
for the brass even the dull parts
I got close and then ran away
but I did not get far
just to the edge the dream
it woke me up just in time
so I could remember
what was supposed to change
and how to welcome everything
coins horses tears the campfire