my wishes are simple,
desires few,
gazing upon a leaf,
nourished by dew.
my wishes are simple,
dreams hardly grand,
hearing birdsong in the desert,
together, hand in hand.
my wishes are simple,
my heart calm,
resting with you ‘neath the palm,
years rattling bones,
wrinkling skin,
greying our hair,
ever so thin.
my wishes are simple,
walking in the rain,
leaning on each other,
through life’s joy, pain … … …
no blue monday for you
when tears moisten your eyes
and the horizons seem leaden
weighed down by grey skies
when
everyone
everything
suffocates
and life seems like a sad circus
a comical convergence of fates
may you always
always
pause …
to
remember …
that
you are human too
and
that
you feel
deep in your marrow
your entire being through
the sting of griefs fire
and
the ache of unquenched desire
felt
deep
felt true
within you
if she asks
do tell her
it was having lost her
that led me down the path
to finding myself
at last
when quivering lips meet
&
tongues
& whispers soothe each sigh
the ache of two vagabond souls yearning to share a few moments,
to share, to feel again,
memories and pain intermingled
seeking a peace so elusive to find …
‘it’s then
I must still my thundering heart, my love
&
close my eyes,
just hoping against reason,
that when I awake
you shall still be lying here beside me
and that you shall still
be mine
when soft hues meet
waltzing
quivering tongues
& whispers entwine
your hair across my chest …
… so shhh my love, my life,
say barely a word
just lie here
& be mine
in dreams of you
your kisses slip
falling
fluttering as petals do
washing over me
caressing away pain
as gentle as the jo’burg rain
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