we are honoured guests
here in Willunga a place
of trees with underground
communications
on which we walk
at times unknowingly
foot prints on joy
they show in flowers
up high where they breath
energy onto us
to carry us through the day.....
here in Willunga a place
of trees with underground
communications
on which we walk
at times unknowingly
foot prints on joy
they show in flowers
up high where they breath
energy onto us
to carry us through the day.....
look, i have lived
too long in the future
for the god of my childhood
demanded i be good
and behave
now ideas are changing
we don't know how to let loose
as we have lost the key
to unlock that unholy
chain respectfully
my wildness clamours
at the door chaos
demands the revenge
which you said is yours
will the gate open to the now
revealing vistas which old eyes
saw without understanding?
the golden thread
is a steadying hand
in the small of my back
for moments of doubt
and confusion
dissolve when i remember
that small pressure
to take the plunge
into the black hole
where dragons live
to be faced and turned
into welcoming givers
of our daily bread
wine also for a humble
table in a sunlit garden....
my soul is a pelican
sitting up high surveying
the bay full of fish
we will not choose
those with barbs
their hooks claim to love us
preserve us from their falsity
and have us land safely
on the island
surrounded by cockles....
with ears pricked
saying look look
at that strange huge insect
spraying mist all over those vines
i will give him a carrot
to sooth his shattered nerves
gold pours down
branches of the holm oak
this morning
angels catch it in bucket loads
to sell it in the market
without success
for the people didn't recognize
the value of early morning
light....
lord
i am grateful
for all the friends
who stood by me in my hour of need
forgive me my arrogance
in thinking i lived life on my own
let the meaning of my life
be a prayer
like a river
a clear and sparkling river
that circles all the earth
and cleans it of aggression ....