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 … … …
left broken
adrift
anchorless on oceans
of twisted words
numb
in a maelstrom of half truths & lies
abandoned underneath shared skies …
… and now that the years have fled
and tears have been bled
and all that i have left
are my eyes
straining to see
you
fading slightly
yet still
the only constant
the only thing
i know to be true
if she asks
do tell her
it was having lost her
that led me down the path
to finding myself
at last
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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