Letter to Sophie

Oh I will be back but you will not know me
For I will have traveled in space and in time
Over boundaries so distant to our naive eyes
Who thought our place was defined forever
As the lucky ones who can waste and linger
I have moved over to the next generation
Now I can look back and truly remember
And looking ahead seems to rush fast towards me
No longer a vague and faraway dream
Oh I will be back and you will not know me
And so will I look back and not know you
For against our feelings we were not immune
For against our belief we now are old too.

Wintry Night

The night brushed my face with its cold humid wing
Heavy and slow, dragging itself over the world
Leaving there a tear the size of this year,
This age to live through till it turns into a wren
Again and floats away light and bright like a smile
Like the laughter of children running as fast as they can
Dropping colours and flowers from their wide open arms.

Moonlight Interlude

I went to talk to the moon

And the sun doesn't know

Because I needed to warm my wounds

And he'd left me so long ago

She never said a word to me

But her glow was like a fire

The grey loneliness of the days

The cold emptiness of the skies

Forgotten but for an hour

I went to sit down by the moon

And the sun doesn't know

But I needed a silent friend

To see my blood through my eyelids

To feel some light upon my face

To dream of an impending bloom

Remember you'll be back again

Just like the sun to warm my heart.