Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Draught.

Path

The night is quiet and the fires are silent,
A wind blows away the itinerant storm.
Directionless once, but now I can orient

My mind against what’s waning, absent;
I can give each feeling the subtlest form.
The night is quiet and the fires are silent,

My feet are slow, but the earth is patient,
I follow the heart like a compass worm.
Directionless once, but now I can orient

Out from my thought's divided quotient,
The depleted house, the blossoming home.
The night is quiet, and the fires are silent,

And I know all earthly life is transient,
But wherever I tread, I’ll never do harm.
Directionless once, but now I can orient

My steps towards what’s latent, salient -
Though night is still, and the stars undrawn.
Directionless once, but now I can orient
A path towards an earthless gradient.



                                   - Judith Beveridge

Thursday, July 21, 2011

The Early Morning Visits.

You come up in my dreams
Every now and again,
And you're different to how I remember you.

In fact, 
It isn't you.

Why is this other person visiting me?

They're everything I want you to be 
And at the same time, 
They're everything else.

The dreams are comforting 
In an uncomforting way,
And I expect you will keep coming up in them,
Every now and again.

I'm not sure what I want to say.

I wish I could ask you.

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

She felt...

Out of sorts

In an unspecifically specific way.