On Closing The Window

From the desk at my window
I can see the chapel silhouette.
Beyond the window-sill,
The bell tower,
Dwarfed by cranes,
Building tomorrow.

Jazz notes sparkle on the pond,
Blues playing out
The last few bars in Cambridge.
The grand old tree,
I'll never be that tall
But to grow I must move on.

So why do I wish away
This window-scene
Just because the books are blocking out the light?
Each minute peels the corner of my soul away from home,
Each tolling bell is closer to the last.
But to grow, I must move on.

Spinning out the Wait

Fortune, you look so sad,
Your fettered feet are caught in my despair,
Your flightless wings are torn to shreds
By doubt.

A doubt that is the feeblest of our foes.
For brooding certainty lies in tempted wait,
She sharpens her claws and contemplates
Our fate.

Why am I so sure I know the answer no?
The coin is spinning,
And yes is on the other side,
Just wait!

Cinquains 4-2day + 4-2morrow

The 3
Day rule. So much
Waiting - so little time
To think. I only wish it was
Two-Day.

+

I see
The future, now.
She calls, but I step back
I prefer the present's soft lies.
Don't you?

Storm-Safe

I thought I was a sailing boat,
Driving to windward,
Looking for a purpose,
A reason to weather the storm.

But you make me question my charts,
Spinning my compass like roulette.
You raise my eyes to the stars,
Together we run with the gale.

So I’ll change my course in an instant,
If your star shifts an inch to the right,
For although the seas will be angry,
I know your safe haven’s in sight.

Coffee in the Café

I sat in the café and waited.
Sipping at coffee,
And watching the strangers go by.

I sat in the café and waited.
One eye on the clock,
And watching the strangers go by.

I sat in the café and waited,
My heart beating faster,
Knowing the hour was past,
Staring with fear,
At the hands on the clock,
As they beat our lost chances away.

But you caught the last chance to the café,
You wrested my sight from the clock,
You walked through that door,
And time fell away.
So we sat sipping coffee in the café,
And watching the strangers go by.

Girl

Hello girl,
I need you but I’m done with flirting.
I’m through with the chase,
My feet are hurting,
I want to stop and rest with you.

Hey girl,
Can’t we skip the missing heartbeats,
Skip the questions,
Know the answers?
I don’t want to play this game no more.

Girl,
I’m not saying you aint worth it,
‘Cos you are worth a thousand miles,
Just wish this once,
Things could be simple,
And we could be one.