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who roams these halls
where walls lay rotting
in sacramental tears
precognition of dark ways
man should not know
for fears
illuminate the path
below the fold
treachery holds the dem…

stepping off a cloud
onto a moonbeam
voices in the air
recall the tome
saphire eyes
search jaded lies
seeking signs of home
an opened door
hung in the sky
entreating heart and flesh
…

the smoke of you
curls past my page
i breathe
spring rain and laughter
a quiet strength
to weaken knees
wandering in the wonder
earthbound angel
on butterfly wings
brought ebony eyes
…

tattered sails
and ferris wheels
they shot horses on the beach
unafraid of their freightened screams
lovers kissed among the flames
as feral dogs eased
the silence of the night
bloodied…

the horizon tips
a wide brimmed hat
to sails out of the past
heading home to capture
majik that was cast
out among the dragons
soaring on white fire
crimson wings
hide sabered claws
r…

thunder in the foothills
awakes the roots run deep
summoning the ancients
back from transient sleep
charging blood to fill the hollow
eyes seek new born justice
redemption called to foll…

missing the sound of chimes
hanging round within
kissing the night air
with blood red lips
calling out to distant hills
pristine and abandoned
from open windows
celestial arias float
on…

a pounding in the temples
all sounds remain inside
heart beats summon thunder
lightning strikes the eye
caught in silent wonder
the dancer in the dance
movement of the pendulum
shatterin…

the calling of birds
brings a smile to my footsteps
rustle of pasts turning green
liquid gold creeps
unseen among the shades
breathing life to musky loam
pale petals mellow down
to clo…

all tied up
in ribbons of shame
raw edges frayed with age
green eyed raven
plucks out the red
to feather a nest of rage
high in the trees
skies lose their blue
lost in apathy over time …

hear the rustle waiting in the scrub
out there in the dark
bone cold fingers snaring entrails
wanting more than blood
thirsty for the screams
that slam against your skull
hunting doors an…

she follows insincerity
confuses illusions
haunting the lightened path
steps softly intruding
eluding
knowledge of the way
trees shy in warning
while clouds close the heavens
shielding …

on the feathered back
of liquid night
so black the stars turn blue
bladed wings slice the silence
crimson wounds of movement
run wild to flesh and bone
a circle flattens
one long line
i…

barren and shameless
drift to the abys
an oubliette of painted windows
conjure the serpent’s hiss
jagged edges
lure virgin skin
shedding memories
the heart stretched thin
solitude in a …

gray is the day
icey barren fingers
ache to touch the sun
shadows quiver
from work undone
breathless winds hover
reticent to blow
life into the
frosted cover
of root and limb
stoi…

every river you try to cry
seeps into the sand
full of woe
endless and dry
face the days one by one
counting all the grains
watching the hourglass
sail on by
hope circles and weaves
an…

red panther in the black of night
eyes the colour of fire
jaguar in the pillared jungle
mucking in the mire
both aware
both believe
the ripples in the weave
changes in the pattern
thic…

climbing up the valley
i found you in the clouds
solid air
alive with daggers
sharp and thin
unforgiving
blades of truth
cast hard
against the living
a shield hung round your neck
ha…

put no head stone
on my grave
for no one
will abide
to bargain with the gods
a devil’s ride
without a story
the plot is empty
void of breath
to scheme with divinty
steals a death
a g…

here in the dark
thoughts of you
invade me
shades before my eyes

fingers touch
bringing you closer
to lay you down
here in the dark

here in the quiet
i feel you
molten flesh
si…