Journey’s End
(In memory of Roger Quigley – 1969 to 2020)
Ringing in my ears
my dreams are like yours pinned to
a revolving door.
**
Neon mystery (New Haiku)
Backlit in Neon
the willows don't change colour
unlike what you say
**
Shrouded by the mist
bird sounds hover on the breeze
Beside a cold stream
**
As the evening fades
two women chat of lost love
Just before the tears
**
Slipping off the bank next to
the river Tame
Calling out your name
The cuts and bruises are a
Painful reminder.
**
Disappearing in the midnight
air across the meadows
Leaving no trace your
Feet disappear suddenly
In the midnight air.
**
Shifting moods in the
moonlight (A Near Haiku)
Changing colour in
The moonlight your face looks like
a restless ghost.
**
Dissolving
counting memories
His face dissolves across
the road in the rain.
**
Behind You
Next to the water
The wind chases behind you
Like a naughty child.
**
Early Evening Walk
Come into the woods
The wind calls hidden inside
The Leaves and the bark.
**
Faces II (Upon stopping at
trees at midnight in the forest)
Branches turn into
Angry faces at midnight
Like it was saying .
Just hurry up and go
before something nasty comes
*
Stopping at the Sea Wall
Closing shut your eyes
The pain only stops when you
Turn away for good
*
Faces (I) (A New Haiku)
Face down to the ground
your guilt is never more clearer
spoken out or not.
**
After last night’s storm
Striped nervously in the sky
The sun and the wind
Pauses Like they are
Studying what has happened.
*
After the storm has
Passed your daily walk looks more
And more unlikely.
*
5.00am Blues
Looking at your life
Awake before the alarm
You hear the birds cry.
