Cloudys Poetry

Are You?

2006-08-08T01:05:00.000+01:00

When you look at me, do you see
The same things I see in me?
Do you see some other one
Who’s left behind once I am gone?

Are you hearing me?
Are you seeing me?
Are you thinking of the things that you wish could be?

Is this the place that we should be?
Is it you, who’s here with me?
Looking on, try to make a smile
Think I’ll stay for a little while

Are you feeling me?
Are you needing me?
Are you holding tightly on to all your dreams?

Do you know who you want to be?
Are you meant to be with me?
Going on daily, hand in hand
What it is we feel, trying to understand

Are you here with me?
Will you be with me?
Are we bound by the same sensitivity?

Well I keep wandering day to day
Searching for the place
Where my heart will never fade away
And it’s where I see your face,
It’s where I see your face…

The Mind Game (Dual Authorship with DaveP)

2005-10-20T22:43:00.000+01:00

The inspiration came as I lay in bed
Like the lover slipping into my head
Whispering into my conscious thoughts
Ideas of dreams and quick retorts

Into the depths The Wanderer came
Were his intentions wild or tame?
To cast into my opened mind
This fisherman wondered what he’d catch

I wondered too as I sensed his presence
Entering me but under what pretence?
I let him come, I couldn’t resist
The burning thought would only persist

He talked me through the dead of night
Using his body with all his might
This body of text describing the scene
This writers habits were never clean

The pen is mightier than the sword
Both blade and quill in working accord
So as I lay there, inspiration in hand
My mind on a matter and feeling grand

Quickening pulse as I’m climbing the summit
Ascending the peak before the inevitable plummet
I gasp to the heavens and cry out his name
Bringing the end to this glorious game

A2B

2005-10-17T19:08:00.000+01:00

The train of thought is leaving the station
Off down the tracks to a new destination
It sidles along at a leisurely pace
Stopping and starting from place to place
Out of its windows life passes on
Looking back to a life that has gone
Or seeing ahead to a time yet to be
The person who lives there is it you, is it me?
Enter the actors who’re cast in this play
Some will remain but the rest fade away
Viewing the world with a sight beyond sight
Eyes looking out but not seeing quite right
Jigsaw of dreams intermingled with memory
Weaving like cloth the web of this reverie
Where did it come from and where does it end
I’m sure for my thoughts a penny you’d spend
All becomes rotten at the end of the day
Our lives are our own and that’s all we can say
We travel the lines and see what we see
As the train of our thought moves from A to B

Goldfish in a Puddle

2005-10-09T02:04:00.000+01:00

Brightest gold held in rippling ink
Whirling and swirling the sodium slur

Patiently dwell in a torn pavement pocket
Shimmering scales in a shallow abode

Solitary gleam on the rain soaked street
Hiding a shoal of fiery embers

Wind primed camouflage works it’s sway
Aquatic Houdini amazing the eye

Each puddle a pool and a fish within
Each fish a figment but a sight no less

No Pun Intended

2005-10-02T23:12:00.000+01:00

No pun intended or so you say
Your social circle laughing away
Suave and sophisticated you act
Playing the jester after the fact
Fools follow the greatest fool
The pied piper in the yard at school
But here you sit in a circle of smiles
Laughing with you all the while
Spinning your tales with humour unique
Eye your fans with glances oblique
Is it your voice that keeps them charmed?
Certainly your demure keeps them smarmed
Could it be money bought the smiling respect?
Another talent as your humour’s suspect
Drugged and delinquent you’ve got them all rapt
Hanging on words as though gravity’s cracked
I listen a while then cast you aside
Before you encompass me into your stride
No pun intended or so you say
None was included there anyway

Let Me Drown

2005-10-02T22:00:00.000+01:00

Newest life
Ambitions great
Ideas are formed
Upon the slate

You see the flowers bloom day to day
So glad the world was made this way
No need to drown your sorrows
When your life is bright and gay

Early life
Delusions hold
The jaded form
Begins to fold

You see the sun scorch day to day
You wonder why it must be this way
You’re forgetting all your sorrows
And the bottle takes it away

Middle life
The chill sets in
Twisting dreams
Yet to begin

You see the leaves fall day to day
Pity it has to be this way
If drowning sorrow was a faith
Fall to your knees and pray

Later life
The ruined self
Lost in despair
Sat on the shelf

You see the bleak snow day to day
Remember it’s always been this way
Your countless sorrows drag you down
Your hair becoming grey

The last of life
Has walked on by
Last chance has gone
No time to fly

You see the world pass day to day
You’re clinging on but it slips away
Liquor laden sorrows trap
The ruined soul you’ll pay

Other Worlds

2005-09-28T03:11:00.000+01:00

The passing glance caught in silken tendrils
Chilling skin at the nape
She feels his stare slip under her clothes
Tempting the return of the forbidden
For one touch, one taste, one kiss
What would he give?
Just out of reach she is and stays
His reach too short to entertain
Eyes that pierce and drain his strength
Tear his heart and stir his loins
Lips so soft they beg indulgence
Mouth the words he longs to hear
Through the veil she moves so close
Slowly weaving a steady locus
Clashing stares with cosmic fire
Pale in memory of the act
Fading shade of what can’t be
In other worlds she will be his

Black Star

2005-09-26T03:04:00.000+01:00

In quiet dank she stoops alone
A silhouette by candlelight
She shapes upon the dusty floor
An intricate design

Silently she works her hands
Caring not to mar the lines
Passionately slaves away
Within the sacred circle

Quick and light are her feet
To dance among the patterns
She loses in her subtle trance
The will to end the rite

Flickering by golden flame
A shadow slowly rising
It blots the ground on which she traced
The sigil of her lover

Seeping forth it claims the air
The dust it spreads asunder
To make itself of flesh and bone
It takes this new soul hostage

With fear filled eyes she begs its mercy
But none would she be granted
In an act of wanton lust
It enters her completely

Slave to its will she moves alone
Out into the four winds
She puts the earth beneath her feet
A world there is to conquer

No remorse will she feel
Nor release will she receive
As night has been unleashed
The black star has awoken

Hello/Goodbye

2005-09-11T23:40:00.000+01:00

You take the time to figure out
What your life is all about
You sit and stare at oceans blue
Searching for a better view
In your head a subtle thing
That flitters there upon the wing
It whispers doubt into your heart
And there your mind it tears apart
To say it is no massive woe
So no one else would ever know
It matters not for in the end
Your will is soft and made to bend
Would he say those words goodbye
Brining you the need to cry
Or did it start with your hello
That makes you feel so very low
Was it then your soul he took
When in your heart the feeling shook
What would it take to make anew
That which is lost or that he slew
The body dull and mind is numb
Caught up in life’s old humdrum
Is this the end, the last embrace
Gone from here without a trace
It matters not as your eyes are dry
If you say hello or say goodbye

Where did you sleep last night?

2005-09-09T17:52:00.000+01:00

To and fro
You come and go
Moving whither you will
Out and about
You cry and shout
Scratching upon my sill
Eat as you please
Lounge there at ease
Sleeping whenever you care
Affection you seek
Come crawling so meek
Flirting with anyone there
Sometimes you pout
And never go out
Until the urge has taken
Further you go
To put on a show
Coming back after I waken
The gifts you bring
Though once did sing
Are fairer to you than a jewel
Some look upon
The things that you’ve done
And say it’s undoubtedly cruel
Just so long as you’re mine
We’ll both do just fine
Never to bicker or fight
But off you do wander
So I’m left to ponder
Where did you sleep last night?

Christmas With The Devil

2005-09-05T02:56:00.000+01:00

Bright the lights or so they seem
When blinded by your grace
You held me close unto your heart
Secluded in your world
I’m now your fallen angel
The cast-off from your Christmas tree
Where once I sat upon my post
How gloriously I shone
However high you placed me
Always I was with you
Sadly now my shoes are filled
By some anonymous other
How bitterly love turns it’s head
Looking there with loathing
You have my soul but not to keep
Nor the pieces of my heart
Oh how you wish you’d never met
The one you deem abnormal
The monkey on your back
Or the devil at your door
I am a fallen angel
A cast-off from your Christmas tree
Your frail and sparse perfection
I’m seeing through at last

Not The Same

2005-09-03T13:29:00.000+01:00

Swimming contently in seductive cerulean
Captured and stunned in penetrative rapture
Held for eternity enticed by curiosity
My own special place in your eyes always open

We fell for each other
Always and forever
Vowed never to change
Not now or ever

Distant and empty those piercing lights
Covertly glancing with secretive shame
Left to drift on the tide ending interest
Cast out from my haven so cold and alone

Do you still love me
Come now did you ever
What made you change
Our vow was forever

Dreamer

2005-09-01T00:36:00.000+01:00

What are you thinking?
Lovely daydreamer
Sat there alone with your head in your hands.

What are you seeing?
Lonely daydreamer
Looking afar with your sight beyond sight.

What are you hearing?
Distracted daydreamer
Listening in on a world that’s misplaced you.

What can you smell?
Deluded daydreamer
Some time long ago bringing memories flooding.

What are you feeling?
Melancholy daydreamer
Has your life passed you by in a whimsical melee?

What brings you here?
Hapless daydreamer
Content with your musings if not with your life.

Where would you go to?
Beloved daydreamer
What distant shore so holds your affection?

Were you even there?
Phantom daydreamer
Sat there on my bench or simply my reverie.

Go with the flow

2005-08-30T13:40:00.000+01:00

The open book, a story unwritten
Putty in hand to shape as you will
Opening doors which lead to doors
Pushing boundaries, unleashing the thrill

How little we know
It’s all for show
Wherever we go
We go with the flow

A rough cut stone to chisel and form
Your blank canvas to ply with paint
Flooding my body with sensual torment
Exposing my nerves ‘til I’m begging to faint

How little you show
Whatever you know
We all try to go
And go with the flow

An empty vessel to fill to the brim
Tempting and teasing you’re making me wait
Pouring and smearing a sticky concoction
Perusing and using my body a plate

How little I know
It’s all for show
You tell me to go
So I go with the flow

Kiss Me Better

2005-08-29T17:24:00.000+01:00

Kiss me quickly
For the very last time
Kiss me softly
Say you were mine

Say that you meant it
Our life was your dream
That here at the end
I don’t need to scream

Kiss me longingly
Like you miss me so soon
Kiss me slowly
A kiss to the moon

Tell me you’ll wait there
At the end of this coil
When you’ve long ago left me
On a journey in soil

So kiss me deeply
And kiss me with care
Now all that I need
Is to know you were there

You gave my your love
To which I surrender
Kiss me better
I need to remember

Kiss You Better

2005-08-29T13:56:00.000+01:00

Wrapped up in twists and turns
Hands all over the shop
Spinning in infinity she’s lost herself
Not in his eyes but in her lust
They come together a clash of tongues
Licking, flicking with muffled moans
Writhing in each others arms
All too conscious of their own needs
Their rough grinding leaves lips aflame
Teeth chipped, they hope not
Fumbling hands searching for purchase
And finds something new
Something else to kiss
Something new to taste
Bodies pressed so close they ache
Climbing inside each others mouths
Breathlessly they move together
Skin so hot like smoking embers
Smouldering from the heat inside
Searching hands on the move
Trace her skin for gems of flesh
Quivering she takes it in
Eyes close and excited
Breath stilled in her throat
A shout rips them apart
Hearts racing skin flushing
Taboo lingers on their lips
Same time tomorrow, they think so

Waves

2005-08-27T05:37:00.000+01:00

The howling wind excites the mind
As gasping breath it prickles skin
And lingers there upon the nape
With sinister intent

Upon forbidden shores at night
Exquisite stone transforms the flesh
And chilling liquid under foot
Is creeping ever inward

Passing under light caress
A shell of delicate delight
Held against the warm embrace
With tender loving care

Water foams in willingness
Waiting for a heightened gust
Closing in it hunts the senses
Building ever higher

Kneeling at the waters edge
With an intense indulgence
We blissfully anticipate
The waves come crashing down

I Dreamt I Could Fly

2005-08-13T04:13:00.000+01:00

I’m looking out
Upon the night
Where street lamps pierce
The blackest veil
I’m searching for
Something to light
The bleakest scene
Within my soul
And then I see
Reflected back
The sadness in
My own blue eyes
Beyond the door
The autumn wind
Whips up a storm
Of fallen leaves
Oh how I longed
To feel as free
Upon the wind
Rising high
Into the night
I would ascend
To feel the wind
Upon my skin
The icy rain
I would accept
With open arms
My own true love
And looking down
To see the world
With widened eyes
I’ve thrilled to watch
To be as free
As if a bird
Flying high
Without a cage
But looking back
Into my eyes
I see myself
With tear stained cheeks
The dream is gone
It passed me by
I’m chasing leaves
Deep in the night

Whisper

2005-08-05T17:50:00.000+01:00

Soft and delicate the spoken word
Floating on the air

Playing

Teasing my ear with a promise
Warm breath penetrates my conscious

Erotic

Tingling though my nerves
Your voice under my skin

Seductive

The elongated essssss
Slithering and sensual the whisperer departs

Dante's Wand

2005-08-02T00:15:00.000+01:00

What is it about you
About the things you do
Holds my imagination
Holds my attention
That traps the eye
I’m asking why

Is it silken skin
The steel within
Is it your shape
The way you drape
The love you make
That I can’t slake

Is it the taste
That I’d not waste
Is it the heat
When our eyes meet
The slick hard lust
The measured thrust

What is it that I need to feel
To hold the ethereal
Close my eyes and savour
That which we devour
Whatever it is you do
I know that I want you

Memories Come Back to Haunt

2005-08-01T01:47:00.000+01:00

You’re sitting there with vacant eyes
Looking out on an azure blue skies
You’re looking back into the past
Where everything was built to last

The things you’ve seen, the things you’ve done
Make you what you’ve become
And in the night you cry out my name
Our first embrace leaves your skin aflame

You remember me I know you do
Way back when our love was new
And to you now I send this sign
The memory that you were mine

The things you’ve seen, the things you’ve done
Make you what you’ve become
And in the night you cry out my name
Our last embrace leaves your skin aflame

You’re looking up with bright blue eyes
Into eyes with a similar fire
And in that face you see your own
From the days before you’d grown

And in the night you cry out my name
Our only embrace leaves your skin aflame
The things you’ve seen, the things you’ve done
Make you what you’ve become

The Rag Doll

2005-07-27T18:02:00.000+01:00

I’m lying alone between cold sheets
It’s dark and the day is barely new
How many nights must I face like this?
Lying alone with the memory of you

Deep down in my heart I feel the pull
Deep down in my soul is something cold
Lying alone with the chill on my skin
Dying a death with nobody to hold

It seems I am destined to walk these streets
Arm in arm with my solemn despair
Over my shoulder a casual glance cast
I had the feeling that you may be there.

Deep down in my head I know it’s not right
Deep down my body is aching alone
Lying in bed with your name on my lips
Dying my death when there’s nobody home

I’m crying inside shedding silent tears
I’m bleeding to death from the hole in my heart
Take me away from this pain that I’m feeling
Don’t leave me alone with my soul torn apart

Deep down in my mind I know that you care
Deep down I can sense you’re thinking of me
Lying alone in a bed cold like mine
Longing and praying at last to be free

Tissue Paper

2005-07-23T02:55:00.000+01:00

Delicacy of purest white
Crisp and virtuous the smooth façade
Brilliant bliss in splendid form
Sheer and light and devoid of scars
A tiny tear
The smallest crease
Beginning there and slowly spreading
Losing lustre from inside out
The purest from falls apart
Pitiful and wretched
Shaken, torn and empty
The slashes deep, the stains are blood
The secret heart is lost
In an instant
It’s ripped asunder
Twisted and shameful
Once full of life
The pathetic form quivers
Caught in the winds
Time the healer heals no more.

The Cage

2005-07-22T02:36:00.000+01:00

The deepest dark
The blackest depths
I’m falling down
With baited breath
I cannot see
Nor can I hear
But I can feel
That which I fear
The swirling mist
That chills my heart
And runs my through
With Ice hewn dart
Yet in the black
A tiny light
Flickers there
As though in flight
A perfect glow
Of purest pale
Sits deftly on
The broken shale
My cell, my bonds
This light does shake
My heart, my mind
It does re-make
My dying breath
I’d freely give
Without regret
For love would live

Lovers Touch

2005-07-22T02:35:00.000+01:00

Steam rises like the swirling veils of the harem dancer
To cold glass it clings as mist to dawn’s first rays
The flickering gloom pulses with life
Warm and inviting the glow beckons
Musky depths and sweetest rose linger on the senses
Longing to envelope they tarry, patiently
Calm and unbroken it waits glistening
The dancer whispers, her tendrils entice
Slowly it embraces and then engulfs
With lust it consumes and plays upon the nerves
Skin like silk becomes slick and alluring
Radiant with reflected fire
Seeping into the heart of you
It glides and caresses with a lovers touch
Heightening with excitement
The promise of promiscuity
Eating away at the energy within
Lethargy and enchantment take hold
Deepening fatigue slowly takes you
Straying out of body and mind
Breath deep and slow stirs the dancers veils
She watches, ever so close now
So close
Consciousness that was so distant flies back
Rushing in, it awakens and enlivens
Retreating from your lovers grip you’re shaken
It trickles, bitterly chilled upon warm silk
The dancer and her veils surround your body
Casually and contently you dispose of your lover
The passion play is over, and you’ve got what you wanted
Satisfied, pure and sensual you feel, until the next time

Stuck in the Middle With you - of Dusk and Dawn

2005-07-22T02:34:00.000+01:00

Take your time, she says
Her sweet voice echoing in the twilight
The promise of what’s to be
Of decisions made when they are apart

Whatever your heart desires, she says
Tempting breath lingers in the air
Foolishly they strive for answers
Never arriving, never relenting

Look into my eyes, she says
And he does
Across the circle of stones
He can never touch her

Tell me of the moon, she says
The darkness and emptiness of night
He shows her from afar
She’ll never exist with him

Take me to the stars, she says
The growing light draws her in
She’s caught in a snare
Between day and night

Why do you leave me so, she says
No answer, she’s alone
Dusk and Dawn
Forever longing, never to meet

Stuck in the Middle With You

2005-07-22T02:33:00.000+01:00

The things I’ve seen
Who, when and where
The things I’ve done
Still you were there

The things I’ve felt
Deep down inside
Were things that I
Could never hide

You are my anchor
You are my wings
You hold my hand
The simple things

Never one side
Or the other
You stay with me
My sister, my brother

Since lives were young
Yours and mine
We’ve cleaved close
And tread the line

But now you’re frayed
A cracked facade
The toll is paid
The price was hard

The things you’ve done
Still I am there
The things you’ve seen
I am aware

The things you’ve felt
Deep down inside
Are things that you
Just cannot hide

I’ll be your anchor
I’ll stay the tide
The things you feel
I can’t abide

Always with you
That I pray
In the middle
Where we stay

Nights Caress

2005-07-22T02:31:00.000+01:00

In twilight deep the minds first gaze
Was cast upon her midnight days
Where sun blushed skin and tousled hair
Revealed a fire burning there
In tempest seas of deepest blue
He saw a soft and tender view
Entwined within her warm embrace
He tasted there a lustful grace
Touched by the rays of dawns first light
He sank into the glistening night
Not earth nor stars not sun nor moon
Could take from him this shameful boon
How many days and nights had past
When her dreams awoke at last