Jackson

Shattering dream of the distant Rising pain of the familiar. You dive in the old sea gladly, expecting the fish to be the same But here are new fish and changed fish and someone’s moved the rocks. You get lost in it but not lost enough Enough of it remains unchanged to send the knives Read more

I drove to your father’s smoke-stale house Helped you pack your excess baggage Shared a last coffee to delay the inevitable; Mustered your excited children and envious parents Convoyed to the airport. Followed your treasure hunt from check-in to departure tax to refreshment bar (milk for your baby) Sat on stained, burnt airport carpet, awaiting Read more

Your TV glows. Beautiful colours A kaleidoscope of warmth and feeling. I watch it closely Too closely Mesmerised by happenings on your screen. Your TV beckons Invites participation Begs me to join a circle of linked hands Yours and mine. An inner circle Alight with a vital, thoughtful radiance. Aglow! Behind a clear barrier And Read more

Climbing walls with me in tow If you fall I won’t let go Walk your tightrope—I will too When you trip I’ll die with you. Read more

Is it better to be lost than trapped? Like an island unexplored, not mapped? An uncharted island could move and who’d care? But one that has a place wouldn’t dare. Read more

I believed in a love. If it’s a love, then it can’t die, or it isn’t a love. If it’s a love, then it’s going to exist forever. So I believed it couldn’t die. I believed it would exist forever, Always be there to comfort me, convince me that the world’s Not lost yet. But Read more