69…a card for you

standing in this aisle

suffocating in ideology

reading words that aren’t mine

sentiments that can’t possibly express 

what I want to say

what I need to say

for just a few banknotes 

would a card suffice

all that has come to pass

in the story of us

can I put these tattered thoughts on papered ink

and make you understand

it was almost love for me

you were untouchable…beautifully untouchable

a captured heart and stolen glances

of this beggar and fool

all of this 

was from one kiss

maybe somewhere again in time

you said when you couldn’t stay

it was almost love

it was almost love for me

68

disco neon lights

fills the darkened sky above 

your bright satellites

shines a million miles away

floating in held helium

67

every January
a change in my reflection appears
its doorway opens a new chapter
behind are the scenes of you
a holiday hangover and a tree dismantled
silhouettes of queries yet to have its reasons
and a longer list of unanswered wishes
surely to fulfill in the upcoming seasons
as my Midnight Sun moves away
i stare into the Wolf Moon and its icy chill
in its opalescent tapestry above and below
awaiting snowdrops to awaken and smile

in my hopeful but slightly broken landscape
and vow not to lose faith and let the past dictate
my sunrises and sunsets

my beginnings and my end

66

love held motionless

echoing in your silence

trapt in this embrace

65

falling moonstruck snow

holds the ground in its slumber

whispers promises of stolen hopeless moments

all frozen in time with you