Andrew & Chocolate

He teaches what no-one else taught;

when food enters and tingles

your tongue, stop,

focus into that little place where

sugar hits a lovely spot

and your own heat melts chocolate.

A simple trick is to close-down eyes

and notice you’re between tongue and food,

actually there, feeling uncommonly sweet.

Water Colours

in the sea…

blue is for humble,

yellow is vibrant,

purple is mystic,

green stands for healer,

red is for angry,

orange is mental,

pink stands for spirit,

pitch black - the void space;

white stands for peace.

Crown cresting, crash waving,

churn sanding, turn topping,

thump landing, serenely

off-off – (turn) - come in.

Morn

before the sun

terrific birds

commemorate today

- repeating and repeating

but I can’t sleep

with an ache in my ribs

where my heart used to be

- now - a void.

Challenge vibrates everywhere,

birth, old age, teenagers

obeying only one ancient rule

‘test the rules’

on, on and on

and, look, here comes the sun.

Something and Nothing

Not too often

in the give and take

(thrust and cut)

hard-hard ride, will I soften

sit down or lay

- on a little sofa -

knowing today, another day,

my ride is almost over

but outside a bike waits,

saddle and handlebars,

rotating spokes and gears

reminding me when I mount and turn my feet

- pedal on into the North -

a new green mountain heaves in view. In hope.

Buzz

Put down binoculars,

take off your sunglasses,

(vari-focal)

open two eyes

to highlight

a sun’s new shout.

Birds cry out,

bees are about.

Before you Die...

with only seconds to live - eat a grape

but with minutes to live – telephone.

If you’ve hours left to live - family

or a few days to live - meet your mates.

With two weeks to live - walk alone

and with months left to live - write a book.

With years to live – ropes go slack.

Go slack.

Book,

alone,

mates,

family,

telephone,

eat grapes.

The Healing Down's Boy

Dance like an angel

under a cracked roof

smile like a devil

sprinkling seeds of love.

Flop your arm over

every person’s shoulder

going for your hug time,

rounding off a good time.

Like any seraphim

letting go with ‘Ta-ra!’,

wave as a cowboy

abandoning his team.

Angels do their best

and walk off to the West.