Reading some of my poems

Remember me

While you drown
in ancient waters
lured by a shadow's
promise of comfort
remember me

Whenever bitter frost
shortens your breath
and the hierophant's
teachings ring hollow
remember me

Once nobody recalls
your brave foray
into the hinterlands
depleted though you are
remember me

Remember me
as the untamed force
the glorious dawn
that empowers you
for another tomorrow

Where no fairy flies

Where no fairy flies
there are forerunners
who build in silence
their world of magic

From the age of myth

From the age of myth
you arrive as thunder
and whispering fountain
As the vivifying warmth
of a luminous star
Intensity you are
of a special kind
that moves hearts
and reshapes the land
In the dragon's year
grey became blue
green turned to amber
Indeterminate
Captivating
Potent
Manifest you now make
the collective will
of the sages
in yet another
awakening

To whom I could not meet

Your name
the unyielding force
that plows the land
Tonight
I build the world
you had fathomed

The medallion

Heed the whispering trees
foretell your awakening
and dither no longer
Take the medallion
to the arid borderlands
where Eagle Rock
embraces those
who dare to live
decisively

Dreams

Lead me to the spring
whose waters inspire dreams
that outlive the mornings

To the brighest dog

To the brightest dog
my attention turns
In this reimagining
of myth everlasting
mystic is I
and custodian
of tenets eternal

Skyward
to the summit we go
to our righteous dawn
where the golden sun
prepares
another enkindling

Not for an eternity

"Stay indoors" they say
and "avoid the windows"
Cower, then, in the dark
drink poison from your fear
as you regret all the times
you did not stand up for honour
To live in freedom for a day
to mix my sweat with this land
that I would not trade
for an eternity in their comforts

Of carmine clouds

Of carmine clouds I think
while searching for
the flowing waters
of rejuvenation
Like structural colour
in the eyes of whom
shall not be named
indeterminate you are
Yet deep down I know
there will come a day
when you will tell us
where you went and why
nobody ever joined you

The echo of my steel

Where aromatic rose
and blackthorn shrub
spring from shared soil
you find what you seek
once you realise
that the mountain-god
heeds my prayer
as the echo
of my steel

With moonward fist

With moonward fist
measured steps I make
to silence the voice
that delights in pity

Befriend the rainbows

There is no going back
to fading coasts
Stormy is your sea
when yourself stands
as stern judge
and executioner
My temperance
you shall share
inner calm
for your tempests
once my dear
you learn to befriend
the rainbows