love
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Puddle Deep, Mirror High
I saw him dancing in the rain,Catching puddles in his hands,Where I mistook his thirst for joy,His “make me stay” for panta rhei,When all I wanted was a photograph,Of our two hearts beating as one.But I felt the camera obscuring,Bright lightning flashes, bang, bang,There I took my stand, I took my shot,And now love lies…
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The Watershed
Arizona still dreams of loving you,A little blue girl in a red world,I wanted to stay, but I had to go,To follow your star in the shows I know,Maybe I’ve seen this one already,It’s once upon a time in Hollywood,We were both struck by midnightThought that dawn would make it rightBut I knew we’d need…
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The Lady of the Pieces
I left the stage and the sounds below,To warm with you upon this winter’s chill,Playing at us on the flying trapeze,We pretty things fall into each other,But alone I am left to catch the rain.A carillon of clouds is ringing in me,But no-one is picking up the phone,So time and I will have to leave…