Jetty

and you lay on the jetty

expecting to make love

and all he did

was to cut open your heart

and you were left there

with a wound

that looked like an instrument

and the bloody red became gold

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Bouncy ball

You send it to others and from them it bounces right back at you

the ball keeps on bouncing
pushed from our feelings and the responses we give
sometimes we stand there kicking bouncy balls against the walls and ceiling.

No wonder there is a commotion.

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sweetness

as we share our chords
you become melody

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Deep inside

on earth, entwined like roots
our song is the trunk

what we imagine must be heaven
is the branches, leaves and flowers

here the closest stars reflect our sun
and we know

deep inside
is our resting place

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Pine trees

you stand there tall

and you look at me

where I lie in this cradle on earth

and the stars

twinkle between your smiles

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Joy

when ocean is land
and home
a floating
wooden stick

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this house and the girl

I look up
the timber is wet
and the walls rotten

we have been away for too long

you all look at me for answers
and I look at you

priests walk in circles
and we make paintings on the wall

we are all ancient

the rat becomes the crow and she is at the window

clay figures give birth
and what we thought was a man
is now a woman

and what we thought was twins
is one copper and iron girl

house is old

priests walk in circles while we are all ancient
and the children make new paintings
on walls that glow

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my heart

there was my heart
tender and red

and you swallowed it

go on
have some more
of me

it feels good
my heart glows like gold
in you

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