Rings of Saturn

Strong wind
why do you blow me deep into the forest night?
strong wind
don't abandon me –
I'm alone and scared
in this forest
blind

Why drive me to this cave?
Why lead me to this binding darkness?
…...................................................Why...?

One thing is clear:
you've got me where you want me
and there's no going back

Cold, damp walls
closing in on the way down
I can hardly breathe,
as I sail further down

Down and down I go
alone
my heartbeat –
out of control

Ba-bump, ba-bump, ba-bump
my heart -
about to shut down -
is rescued by an eagle
diving down
...or is it that I've become one?

Up and up I go
up above so high –
so high...
I can almost touch the sky!

With other eagles
I dance and dance around till
they and I
become
One

There's no Time:
first an eagle,
then a sparrow
and by the time the ground is nigh,
collecting pollen –
a butterfly –
is what I have become

Then an ant,
with a heavy burden on my back,
to the anthill do I go
...and down, and down to the deepest depths again I go

To my surprise
no more claustrophobic walls
do I find

I am free
and up the hill I can climb
with hope – although
still alone

...a moving bridge awaits me now
to cross over to the other side

See the house of sugar and spice?
Surely, that's where I must go.
This time, not down but up
a spiralled tower
I must go
There,
on the floor,
a heavy, leather book lies.

tic-tic-tic
the sparrow hits on the window so
tic-tic-tic
open the book, is that so?

But, oh!
the page is blank
and the next,
and the next as well
my head's throbbing hard,
my heart's pounding
out of control – but
healing hands
soon come to calm my
soul
and solace sleep takes
control

On awakening,
I find myself reflected in a shiny mirror
in a naked foetus curl
Mirror, Mirror on the wall...
not a mirror but a door?

Down the aisle I float
to be married
by the same healing hands...

Hands tied with a pure white cloth,
my prince and I
are at once
twirled around in it
as one

Swirling round and round -
again alone -
to the mountain top
I go

'I'm tired...', I cry out loud.
...The man with the healing hands
responds,
'...but you've just begun!'

So, there I go again
diving down the mountain top
no bungee jumping rope this time
just the dark blue sea below:

A dolphin now...
see how fast I can go
see how deep I can dive
see how high I can fly

See how no one can stop me now!



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Kite, Eyes and Rubies

Above a cliff
A kite flies high
Scissors snap
hand slides down
to her side

The faithful kite
drops to the ground

Pick it up!
Fly it high one more time

This time round kite and girl
Waltz
sky high

It’s time
For girl and kite –
entwined – to become
One

Free fall down the rocky falls
It hurts
She’s had enough of this
ride of life

Silent waters
hold her down in a tight embrace

No! The time to sink away has not yet come!

Take that shell

And free yourself from that string that binds

Good girl –

Now up and up you must go

Grab the air above with might and

Wait for the White Eagle to come

And claim your eyes

Red rubies in their stead

White eagle
Will leave behind.

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If only...

Nights and days alike,
haunted by your charming eyes.

If only I could go back in time –
To when we met one time
If only I could close my eyes and my fingers
your face embrace
I might trace every scar,
every contour, every laugh line

If only I could go back in time –
to the day you first rang me up
If only you would listen
I would tell you I wasn't hurting
Merely longing to hear your voice,
longing for a bit of care and attention
Your care and attention.

If only I could go back in time –
to the day you let me down
If only you had showed you cared
You would have heard my feeble
cry for help and I, myself,
wouldn't have had to hear you say
'I don't have time.'

You don't have time...
You don't have time?!?

If only I could go back in time and nothing
say!
Why did I ever think that you
could help me straighten things
out?

Right now, ignorant bliss
welcome would be

If only being shunned by that cold shoulder
didn't hurt so much!
It hurt when I naively thought
If only...!

If only I had brushed it off as an ugly
dream...But, no, I couldn't

The day I met you – the best day of my life
A day which seemed to last forever
What ignorant bliss!

But no longer in ignorance do I delve.

A single regret: that one day I let
myself fall under the spell of those glittering
golden eyes and felt the soft touch of those long
gentle fingers on mine.

If only there were no regrets,
could things go back to the way they once were?


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Mirror of Fire

Oh, Mirror of Fire
Why do you test me so?
Don’t you know?
Your blazing flames can only
Fail
To dissuade me
Don’t you see?
My love for thee is so – I’m
Ready
To embrace your fiery
Soul
Can’t you feel it now?
I’m yours.
You’re mine.
And behold!
To ashes and dust
I did not go
But with tender autumn petals
Did you my face kiss
instead
Mirror of Fire,
Your test has now been done
Mirror of Petals,
In you we are now
One

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