not letting words through
they wait, suspended and clear
momentum unchecked

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I was going to try and explain this a little
but sometimes explanations work better in actual conversation
there is too much right now to try and force it into three lines
yet...I do like to try, it strips everything down to its essence
the bones and breath of what I see and experience
reading more true than pages of words.
I feel compelled to do this
using few words like keys
one by one unlocking
the world and
myself

words between moonlight
clear as the breath you just took
shine into the void
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I will not try to describe this right now, but...
Do I shine for myself?
Or others?
Null?
Yes.

the ocean of sky
can pull me up and under
drowning in a thought

I have become still
words burn slowly through my veins
ride a shooting star
............................................................
the words are few lately
they have become part of me
so much harder to separate
from breath and blood
spilling on the page
...is it necessary?

hits like a hammer
memories riding on air
the scent of a thought

beauty is your smile
as it flows straight from your eyes
the sun in my throat
.....................................................
daydreams...as clear as this breath...

today I can fly
the air sharp against my face
eyes locked on the sun
.............................................
no bar haiku for the moment
as entertaining
and honest
as they are

Why is the quiet you find
surrounded by noise and people
more profound than solitude sometimes?
Degrees of each define the moment.
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fascinating, yes
the endless chatter of lives
rolling off my skin

click clack clank they crash
glasses and voices in air
clarity is lost

surrounded by noise
I wish I could record this
lives balanced in air

ah, reality
always there still and waiting
takes me by surprise

age doesn't matter
i know my face looks like that
hoping for a dream

and when does it stop?
this search for ourselves outside
look inside my room

to conclude this night
to have everything and naught
what more do I need?
................................................
self serving, self indulgent
it is all that and more

clear as hope
no greys
see me
I am

here
now

............................................
I endlessly laugh at myself.
And enjoy the ride...

racing with the stars
blood sears, veins incandescent
cool waves of the night

all order is lost
the light is reckless today
flashing off my skin

there is a fire
burning deeply inside you
I see your stillness

skittering away
a gaze slips past my shoulder
sound of doors closing

here I am again
catching words as they slip by
air thick as honey

falling easily
I trip on expectations
crashing to the ground

...............................................
passing observations, thoughts
that I find very hard to catch lately
there are holes in my net I suppose
and I am left with glimpses
of their receding backs
as they race away...
pulled into the
slipstream

to be still, thoughts leap
and expand between the stars
found quiet inside

Happy Birthday Mom

I miss you

I am vibrating
endless possibilities
to be so many 

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

words come together
there is an audible click
oh! to be aware!

across the divide
of two lives ever changing
I smile with you
.........................................
never forget that

the sky cracked open
and I poured down from the sky
filling green oceans

And that is what happens!
Here they are unmolested by my phone.
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I dance with the bats
darting diving through shadows
thoughts flash in moonlight
.......................................................
always searching for
that brief moment of connect
eyes deeper than words
......................................................
lives murmur softly
filling the air around me
warm against my skin

I dance with the bats darting diving through shadows thoughts flash in moonlight ........................................,.....,,,, always searching for that brief moment of connect eyes deeper than words ........................................,.....,,,, lives murmur softly filling the air around me warm against my skin ........................................,.....,,,,..... technology....I wrote and posted these in a bistro while sipping an amazing barber d'asti while waiting on a friend love it

so tired my love
breath deepens with the twilight
slowing to my heart
...................................................
I really have no idea
where they are coming from lately
thoughts manifest words

pulled from still
quiet places

learning

I know who I am
my bones dissolve in water
lips caress the sun

pulled into your eyes
I slide beneath the surface
dark depths, bright flashes

look up at the stars
and rub fear from your eyes
mirrors on velvet

the blue deepens to
a long light this evening
words and thoughts stretched

the people I meet
weave in and out of my life
golden threads of light

pages torn from me
millions of scattered pieces
constellations rise

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within this deep night
the full moon swirls with voices
not one of them mine

flashing and diving
through blue clouds and galaxies
unchained untethered

I can hear the breath
of every stone as they dream
fade into the sky

I do not have words
the space to fill is too vast
alone in a crowd

riding the night tides
I find myself washed ashore
foam on the wet sand

quiet, so quiet
nowhere to hide in silence
leaving doors open

sliver
yes, to be aware
of the breeze across my skin
brilliant yellow wings

waves
I become the sea
in a rising tide of sound
lightly brush your shore
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Glass: Violin Concerto - Mvt. 2, Takuo Yuasa: Ulster Orchestra

why
dropped into silence
who do I write these words for?
they are part of me

not specific
as I watch you run
always to where you are not
live for distractions

...........................................
I struggled with this one
too much to convey
in so few words

I feel we don't find
ourselves in new places
they just open doors
to places already there

bats
twisting and diving
to dance with a gold washed sky
twilight laughs gently

just
below the surface
simmering blues burn through me
desire in check

I find that...

sometimes
the weight of friendship
falls on me so heavily
I can hardly breathe

twin
in space between worlds
we are thought concentrated
effervescent light

flash
do we ever stop
looking for our reflection
every strangers eyes

awash
breathing in the blues
while I am grounded with green
sky drips from my hair

passing
right now words seem deep
like the sake in my glass
clear as the full moon
...........................................
I know the difference
sometimes each is needed
to be aware
even as the
awareness
is taken
away?
yes

pulled....

tides
inside I feel it
without looking at the sky
impending full moon

hunt
no words caught tonight
they skitter out of my reach
leaving just these few

stripped
pinned by those dark eyes
your life sears up through the depths
my skin burns away

again
laughing at myself
tangled up with my own words
I trip over you!

pleasure
there they are again
deep waves crashing over me
voices and music

yes
here comes another
I slide under the green waves
drowning in the sound

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so wanted
so needed
suspended
in a moment
endless
we are
here
right
now

it is...

preferred
they circle like sharks
trying to get in my head
I leave with myself

to be...

present
it has entered me
with a quiet so profound
vibrations of life

always...

distractions
surely there is more
yes, I have felt it, seen it
the world drops away
...........................................
I have reached a limit
there are too many
people in my life
I care too much,
cannot detach,
neglecting
the reality
of who
I am

take away
receive
give

I could hear it...

tell
this morning, gently
a green breeze slid through my door
stories of summer

I am learning...

acceptance
I stretch and I scream
my head bangs against your wall
should I even try?
......................................................
when do you stop trying,
to find someone who
understands you?
does it matter?
do you just
be who
you are
meant
to be?

yes, that is
the answer
breathe out
breathe in
and it will
fall into
place

see me
right now
clearly
that is
all I
am

night wanders...

presence
they follow me home,
the mountains, with quiet steps
ladders to the sky

stand
there, my patch of sky
a window over my head
with stars pouring in

continually...

amazed
and what can I write?
open my eyes, it's all there
layers of learning
.........................................
once again,
where life has led me
I am speechless
coincidence?
absolutely
not

to be seen...

clearly
smiling as I write
you can read between the lines
where all my words fall

always a....

traveler
with eyes far-gazing
I can walk in many worlds
and belong to none

the night...

embraced
pressed against my ears,
the quiet, like two cool hands
breath warm on my cheek

...

suspended
I find myself here
awake, the night like a room
lost within its walls

always an...

adventure
and where do I go?
to travel to new places
within or without?

with each person...

weightless
stop breathe release look
then touch me fill me leave me
I become lighter

taking it...

slow
soft light fills the air
quietly as I breath in
slide into the day

with back arched...

rise
lightly I sparkle
effervescent in the dark
waves upon deep waves

in retrospect...

hollow
last night was too much
drained by so many people
crushed against the walls
..............................................
walls of faces
depthless eyes
all so desperate

time to restore
rebalance
regroup
breathe

from tonight a...

visit
alcohol dulls words and
breeds shallow conversation
I need more to live
...............................................................................
I have tried, I visited, I talked, asked questions
I am done, I need more, it frustrates
I can't get what I need from this
maybe interesting to visit
definitely Not where
I want to stay
save me

take this as you will...
to be who I am
I need more...
you know
where to
find me

recently, my..

storm
watching the sky crack open
heat rises from me in waves
I am released
...................................................................
never assume...ask...question...wonder...

How else are you to know who you're really talking to?
Who is standing in front of you? Who are they?
When the right words unlock their eyes...that spark.
Can you see that spark when you find the person?
Fan the flame, hear the stories, feel the life.
I am constantly amazed.

the doors open...

wide
sliding and falling
I am pulled into your eyes
water the colour of tea

on the surface...

sun pennies
within solitude
my path flows like clear cool water
green waves flash

found time...

wander
thick sound of the heat
pours slowly over warm skin
two dark pools open

a walk
swallow the miles
step out on the horizon
and stretch to the sky
.....................................

I need to step out to stir up words...
inside, they scrape against the ceiling
and gather in dark corners
the air becomes too thick
short shallow breaths
blue windows close
I need the sky
an open door
far gazing
outward
inward
life

it is...

June
eyes close in the sun
I am craving the water
draw me down slowly

to be...

unchained
I am learning how
to be larger than my life
limits disappear

a...

full night
what words can define?
who we are in others eyes
full moon in sake

noted...

yield
the gates have opened
to let in the rushing tide
and I fill the sky

at last
purple cuts clear blue
briefly, before mountains melt
twilight frees colour

to stop...

hush
I had forgotten
the noise of living quickly drowns
soft velvet whispers

my own...

music
no, make no mistake
in a room full of quiet
I dance for myself
.............................................

that quiet is everywhere I go
whoever I'm with, whatever I'm doing
it slides my eyes closed and my mind open
I can hear it, I can feel it...so I dance
and watching eyes fade away

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

crowd
the wave starts again
voices rising and falling
smooth currents of words

a thin...

cord
faster than these words
I run ahead of myself
ground me, hold me down

not out of...

range
I become lighter
with each person that finds me
effervescent joy
........................................................
more to come on this train of thought
until I get it right

for the moment...

anchor?
I have lost the ground
to drift in a fog of words
untethered ache

slow breath...

ease
a gentle morning
sunlight slowly seducing
whisper me awake

life flow...

rojo
a day leaves the sky
and scrapes across the mountains
they bleed at my feet
...............................................................
I was watching a sunset turn to twilight
the dwindling light picked out the rocks red veins
and the mountains glowed

out my door...

sear
stars slip through the night
burning trails in the darkness
like blood through my veins

all sides...

disappear
in roiling crowds
I slide into still quiet
to contradictions
...............................
shoulder-to-shoulder, inhale to exhale crush
life sounds and words all around me
to the desert quiet pause
slow deep long breaths
from the ground
beneath me

from the weekend...

pulse
needed taste of life
sound vibrating through my skin
to shake myself free
.....................................................

becoming electrically charged
with every person I meet
crackling, expanding
flashing with light
reaching places
I never knew
existed,
yes...

such is life...

mutual
like a magnet pulls
taut, vibrating resistance
your eyes a slow dance

endlessly...

expanding
like a storm building
growing larger every day
the sky filled deeply

shaking my head...

moved
all with a purpose
people that fill out my life
I am amazed

summary...

sleepless
awake in the sun
air vibrating on my skin
melt into the day

eyes
yes, I remember
pouring slowly over me
words like warm honey

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

still so much to say
what am I creating here?

chance meeting...

yes
I see inside you
the calm within the chaos
concentrated life

tonight...

blood
quiet enters me
until stars run through my veins
the moon on my tongue

scattered images...

to see
the life in those eyes!
my blue windows thrown open
breathe in to breathe out

Thursday...

opened
brought into my world
an unexpected kindness
quickly breaks my heart

for a moment...

silence
to whisper, hold me
deeply in quiet places
music on my skin

not...

chance
I ask...Who are you?
those that join me in my walk
many threads entwined

through a text...

quote
words handed to me
are heard deeply whispering
quiet as a gift

sometimes...

restraint
they hold themselves back
my curious, searching, words
stretching and straining

recently...

away
to practice patience
suppressing thought with a breath
the moment endless

a need to share...

Something different. I might come up with a haiku, I might not.
A couple of people I have met in the last week...
...a student/artist continuing on the next stage in his life trying to make sense of life and love, so excited to connect and share his love of art with someone...he made me laugh, got so caught up in the conversation he called me 'dude' and instantly apologized...I'm 20 years older than him!...I wish him luck...
...a man older than the student who after losing his fiancee 10 years ago in a plane crash went on a 10 year bender...eight months ago met a woman and is is so madly in love he was just bursting to tell someone about her...what she likes...how she looks...he is awed by his good fortune...I didn't mind listening at all it was a joy talking to someone so open...
The people I meet are a part of me. it is humbling to think I might be a part of them.

yep, one was waiting to come out after all...

extending
I spread my arms, to
wrap myself around the sky
living inside-out

Thursday morning...

slip
lost in a meeting
my thoughts fly out through the cracks
a slice of blue sky

morning...

reverb
woke up with a word
there at the edge of my lips
an echo, "profound"

Sunday...

fringe
the air is brilliant
vision flies faster than thought
boundaries broken

slow and...

easy
to resonate life
as empty spaces are filled
leaving room for you
......................................

...but not waiting for you...

rebound...

slightest
a surface like glass
one touch and the waves begin
felt throughout my life

to go...

beyond
slipping through the cracks
I am on the other side
with a slow wild dance

to have...

peace
you are part of me
always as I go forward
every breath, change

this...and that...

spider
words again tangled
in a web of emotion
I am devoured

scattered
the smell of rain sharp
from mountains wearing black clouds
trees glow from within

clearing...

air
taking a deep breath
like something long forgotten
thoughts flow into words

pools
blue winter shadows
whisper deeply to the sun
twilight lies sleeping

greys
the fog slowly clears
flashes of colour find me
calling each by name

and I've...

reached
I breathe deep the stars
to expand and fill the sky
a slow spreading smile

(whispered word..."enough")

addition...

to hurt
I will not regret
any moment, it becomes
part of who I am

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

as it should be,
life's too short for regret
but long enough to learn

not wanted...

just needed
sharp deep growing pains
layers of my skin removed
softly risen sun

and now...

true
the pain of knowing
is honest, sharp and real
yet the love remains

puzzle pieces...

worn path
quietly I fall
deep beneath my blue waves
words evaporate

and there, always there
stars and silver threads entwine
keep me to this earth


space
opening my eyes
I release you from my shell
not to be contained


notes
dancing to my ears
water over desert stones
quietly laughing

through the twilight...

encounter
over the mountains
a full moon swollen with light
rises to meet me

finally, some words...

there
close your eyes, listen
the air is alive with words
endless and silent

linger
I take a deep breath
the air sparkles in my mouth
tasting your smile