Plain (I'm Telling You)

Plain
but warm-hearted to the core
I'm telling you
my palms will grow trees
eventually

Smiling
in a self-mocking way
I'm telling you
Hope is raising off
the earth
like heat off
sun-baked
pavement

Up and up and
up

Peering
up from the tree house
you still might squint your eyes in disbelief
But I'm telling you
Life is s gift
strong as a ship
of steel
and has just knocked me off my
feet.
How lovely
this defeat.

A Head-dress of Feathers

I want a
head-dress of feathers
like hers

Time passes in the river
I'm restless
I quiver
My fingers are long
and longer
touch the foreign soil
grow under

Maybe you forgot
but I never did

I wear a head-dress
of feathers
and battle the wind
with eye-lashes
I dance on smooth stones
I carry large weight

Something is burning
pounding
in the rhythm of the heart
this land is too wide
for just sitting still

I wear a headress of feathers
I walk in the dark
I go on one foot
I march like a crowd
I read from a map
I read from the stars
our footprints are crossing
a numerous times
I wear a head-dress
of feathers
just like she does

Maybe you forgot
but we never did
this land is too wide
for just sitting still

Wind, give me
Strength.
Amen.

Invited

I try so hard not to let you enter
my deepest dreams
but what are my dreams worth
if I can't tell you
over a morning cup of coffee
over a night spent lying next your
beautiful body
over a faint kiss in the park
what are my dreams worth
when you can't remind me
in all that chaos of my heart...

I'm starting to dream you again
You're somewhere out there
in winter
in the garden
under the balcony
in my backyard
Tonight I won't let you go
back into the orange circle of the sun
Tonight I'm undone
and you're in-
vited.

Keeper of the Flame

I'm trying to be as transparent
as possible
want to kiss you
but I'll be a good girl
shut my urges to my drawer
along with my mug
yesterday half-full
today half-empty
don't cross your arms
against me
I'm silent
cause you want me to
I'm laughing
cause I'm wanting to
Your life's unfolding
mine's a flying carpet
I roll under my arm
If I'm a burning bush
then you're the kindling
burning under.

I wrap myself in my Mexican blanket
and keep on walking
through the dust
right into the sun
(Bless you
and bless us,
all.)

I haven't posted for a long time and I as well might do...

Shy out of the window

The light I project on your face
Shows your seasonal scars
plenty
You drive your car
Like suicide
Shy out of the window
Shame air-conditioned

You scream yourself out of
Here and now
Out of the river of crime
Meandering through our times

You’re too smart to keep still
Distrustful to peaceful pills
Will I ever hold on to anything
Darling, you’re my last safety pin.

The calligraphy in your eye reads
I’m not afraid to die
And I am plenty
I hang on to your sleeve
Like suicide
Shy out of the window
Shame air-conditioned

I scream myself out of
Here and now
Out of the river of crime
Meandering through our times

I murdered my innocent girl
Here and now
You said
There’s a river of crime
Meandering through our times
The blood is yours
and mine.

Where I Left My Soul

On the bank of Rhine
lies a piece of mine.
Close to Railway bridge
I found out the pitch
where me and sun meet

with beatles
on my feet.

Tell me

I feel special and wild
Serve me as a dessert
At our table
Tell me flattering things like
You’re a channel for beauty
Tell me
Beauty resides within a skeleton
And trickles down my ribs
Tell me
Daddy longlegs won’t bite...