Telling (Complete)

To Jacob

defeated

he won – he won

defeated

Nov 2013 – Mar 2014

Contents

Mountain

Telling

Wedding

Telling

Parting

Telling

Forest

Telling

tell me where the rain

begins – no origin but

circling sea and sky

Mountain

snowless Fuji

meme

anthropocene

ideals

demand

mountains

in the

centre

of sky

silence

as the snow

begins

transfigured

white

near

and far –

alone

swans

on water

echo

timelessness

beyond

the waves

mountain

in worship

white and blue

amidst

white and blue

mountain

cloud

and sky

seen –

four thousand miles

away

before –

and after

in the rain

even Mt Fuji

disappears

behind

the mountain –

stars

the world

contains

such things

nowhere to go

in the rain

stars

circling

Mt Fuji

ascending

Mt Fuji

in the mind

without travelling

I visit

Mt Fuji

a mountain

thought

to be

what is –

sometimes

as a dream

weightless –

image

of a mountain

floating mountain –

air

and water

scaling

heights – of an

ideal

where it is

not

there is sky

nightfall –

Mount Fuji

is not

ascending

silence

changeless –

in a train

window

a king

alone

four thousand miles

and yet

I see

some stars hide

each night

behind the mountain

Telling

today –

what I was

yesterday

the day

passes through

the day

two birds

descending on

a sunny branch

for a time

we live

in time

sink into

the afternoon

time

does not

submit

birds

begin

first

leaves –

unseen air

between

two worlds –

the clouds

the image

the unseen

life

shares a common

life

birds

float on

gravity

sunlit leaves –

yesterday

and tomorrow

beautiful –

what is

and was

falling

leaves – once

green

I live

within

today

the air

exists –

unseen

we live

as if

light

belongs

here

in the darkness

it is

not far away

where we begin –

far from

where we end

night –

day is

far away

night simplifies

words –

between

earth and sky

darkness

covers

I was

and

I am

one day –

as if

I never was

suddenly

it is

day

light returns

where

it lingered

no one

enters life

alone

earth

embraces

breath

quietly

returns

two hands –

so little

for so much

untouched –

a star

birds

know

beauty

sky

as high as

yesterday

light and rain

sink into

everything

listen –

birds

are speaking

we give

attention

rain –

in blackness

before dawn –

the first bird

calls to its mate

already

I live

in heaven

this afternoon

the wind

is speaking

the unseen

seen –

leaves

the room

where my son

once lived

cardboard boxes –

my daughter

packs her childhood

children –

running

though the gate

each afternoon

the day

begins to end

each day –

beginnings

of the end

unimaginable –

that light

would end

swooping

white birds –

I am still

we remain

on earth

inside

the infinite

inside

bird calls –

as day

disappears

how soon

they populate

the night sky

this summer

evening –

sky without end

the earth changes

–

no season word

rain stops –

never to

return

blood cries

from the ground

we live

on borrowed

time

cast –

a wide net

of responsibility

silence begins –

wind

over water

only for a

time –

for a time

cicadas –

yesterday

she married

full –

an empty

room

near the sky –

the life

of birds

everywhere –

the light

trees

approve of

motion

a soul’s

border –

unseen

night –

only

stars

words

fall

short

we breathe

the world

life begins

so many

times

day

shines through –

a window

we see

the same

world

love has

no beginning

or end

the universe

is made

of faithfulness

what we do –

tomorrow sees

still life –

growing

by a wall

plants see –

above

and below

night –

where

day ends

the great

commonality

of life

life

resists

life –

behind you

through

a window –

the world

in trees –

wind’s

paths

cicadas

sing –

summer day

sandstone –

beside

the path

trailed

by a

faithful dog

the powerful

live

on hills

shadows

of the poor

day

is floating

a shadow

resting

on a hill

day in

repose

somewhere

else –

a poem

clouds

in slow

flight

but

for time

in darkness

they

see dawn

first light –

after

rain

castles –

by the sea

blossoms

are always –

in spring

tonight –

the moon

is full

the stars

emerge

from darkness

a bird descends –

to its

summer home

blue sky –

nature’s

default

day’s

horizon –

night

at dawn –

certainty

five birds

fly past – engaged

in conversation

to observe

the world

sustains

seldom

on foot –

birds

winter

brings

spring

before day

night

before day

before we

realise –

day is here

the moon –

among the

multitude

my end

is your

beginning

the diver

disappears

proceeding from us–

what we

become

this one

I think about

I can only think about

our life –

linked to every

other life

the wind

around me –

and within

those who

see dawn –

see night

the earth

is all

we have

a shadow

falls

without sound

silent

wind – nature

speaks

our mark

upon

the earth

Yeshua HaMashiach

all things shall be well

all manner of things shall be well

powerful –

the earth before the

powerful

late afternoon –

night hides

in the shadows

daylight

forms around

each thing

deep scars

of humanity

unremarkable –

oblivion of species

each life

dependent

waves

rush for

home

no words

for all

that is

so dark –

the earth

in shadow

light’s

home is far

away

I am

not origin

or end

the sun

hides from us

a circle –

enigma

in the sky

each day

appears – in the place

of the last

we sleep –

time

does not

leaves

feel

the air

trees

travel

underground

night

needs no

introduction

sky’s

fashions

gone again –

yesterday

the spinning

earth –

boundlessness

stars

seem

so small

rivers pass –

never

to return

who seeks

the sun

where it set

rain

finds us

these hills

dwelt

with you

birds sing

before

they see

eternity

and

frailty

the world

refreshes

our memory

new sunlight

on a field

supernatural –

so natural

earth

and sky nourish

a tree

grey clouds –

a sunlit

tree

between me

and the world –

a window

eyes closed –

I hear

the day

to stop –

before

we start

many

breaths – little

weight

life moves

slowly –

as it passes

we have

a first day –

and a last

life

curves –

an arrow

tenderness –

for what

is delicate

undoubtedly –

a tree

shall rise

a clear

bird –

I wake

light

blinks

a line

upon a circle –

horizon

white –

colour’s

root

one

in three – just

once

three –

indivisible

a bird call

hovers

on the afternoon

faithful for

a day –

a shadow

life

claims our

attention

a road

has more than one

direction

night

contains

infinity

night

swallows – and

reveals

what

do stars

point out

stars

rooms

without the sun

we see

more ancient things

night

knows

no end

the moon

surrounded

by stars

the moon

adrift

in day

open

space in front

of me

the moon –

where the sun

used to be

day returns

the earth –

humanity

embedded

humanity –

echoed

in the air

the atmosphere

bears

our face

coal’s

open

grave

the air

grows heavy

with significance

do they

forgive us

our little

bit

of life

life’s

shadow

an upper

room

of memory

the earth is

humanised

trees

communicate with

wind

bees

on a flower –

preoccupied

a trout –

too big to worry

about ducks

night –

nothing

is spared

here we are –

where others

used to be

light

reveals

light –

the world

begins

dreams

leave little

behind

eyes

brighten – a summer

day

time takes us

you’re

welcome here –

day

awake –

dreams

unfinished

a monarch –

on a

flower

high cloud –

to the sky

night’s

bleak

ascendancy

the world

is made of many

parts

a day’s

unknown

horizon

with age

days

shorten

butterflies

become a

summer day

little

left of

yesterday

one by

one –

leaves fall

wind

adjusts the shape

of trees

flowers

face

the sun

families

merge into

families

beyond

dreams –

tomorrow

sleep –

life’s

repose

imperceptibly –

light

begins

each day

sinks

into memory

light

turns night to

day

moods

of the sky

life

sometimes

sings

my centre –

invisible

birds

take shelter in

the sky

in silence

stars

speak

my life

entwined

with another

beauty –

over

a void

beauty

has deep

roots

clouds

cross a sea

of sky

light takes many

forms

throughout a day

a rocking chair

beside

a window

late afternoon –

petals dance

silence –

the wind

outside

dawn

after dawn –

our time

light finds us

again

braving

the wind –

a bumblebee

the sun –

on the edge

of sky

night

waits – under

a tree

a shadow –

on each

of their faces

your photo

remains

on the wall

on the wall –

the past

unchanged

memory –

anchored

a window

to what is

no more

day and

night – inevitable

as love

stars follow

us by day –

unseen

here –

the sun rises

and sets

clouds

come with

gifts

windows –

servants

of light

lightening and

thunder and rain –

carried on air

weightless

as stars

earth

bears our

sorrow

orbit

love

it dawns

on us –

the day

houses

host

homes –

sheltered by

the sky

blue –

sinking

in the hills

death

finds

a way

broken

houses by

the sea

life has

moved

somewhere else

your hair –

the colour

of the hills

our need –

solitary air

the earth

turns –

we’re slower

circling –

understand

I cannot

cease

you wait

while seasons

turn

I thought

I knew

what are we

to do

with life

white –

butterflies

and clover

the sun

on the path –

a gift

a blackbird

bouncing

on the grass

invisible –

the sky

is changing

a paving

of sunlight

imagination –

rooted here

grass

grows

together

invasion

of cloud

thoughts

take shelter

in darkness

another country –

another

way to be

smoke’s

journey into

nothingness

wonderful –

the upward path

of smoke

leaves –

fearless of

heights

a little

bird – leaping from

a rooftop

old

manuscripts –

in sunlight

sunlight –

at the

door

blue

and yellow

and white

the

passing

of time

hands

bend

to grasp

a dog

knows by

nose

a clear

morning –

unwritten

our tiny

marks

in day

lost

in her family

and country

far

cool

hills

we think differently

when we are

somewhere else

than enough

to think about

all around

all we need

God

has descended

in a flower

clouds

carving

the hills

a day ends

only

in time

the different

life

of clouds

horizons

stretch

around me

have

time

trees

take

time

the sea

breaks on many

shores

Wedding

one and

one

make one

two

are better

joy

arrives

on time

we find

and

are found

two trees –

swaying

in the wind

no words –

for what

you know

two eyes

that look

on me

a gift

given –

we give

lives

meet – as

rivers

once

I did not

know you

eyes

in orbit

a promise

borne by

wind

to this

invasion

I surrender

love

sinks roots

like trees

love

returns

love

eyes seek

another’s

gaze

our hands

find

our hands

wine –

not

water

two pairs

of eyes

see further

the sky

reflected

here

white

blossoms on

a tree

to be

with you

alone

now –

know

Telling

shadows –

negating

mountains

frozen waves –

mountain

ridges

another

ancient

coast

waves –

at rest

in restlessness

light

returns

to darkness

slowly

days keep

passing

I am

opposed to

I am not

trees

spring from

earth

darkness

has a way

to be

even

continents

move

across

the sea – another

life

people

grow

silent

mountains

keep to

themselves

silent –

a storm

approaches

aboard –

the sea beneath

our feet

life –

more than we

see

our son

departs

for life

they leave

never

to return

on the

border

of day

stars

mark unmarked

graves

life –

waves breaking

on the shore

eternity –

too little

time

God shapes

our space

in the world

unsaid –

but we

shall try

you live –

may you

live

I follow

from

a distance

without

knowing –

love knows

love

doesn’t need

to know

our

connections –

so frail

I would

hold you – but

I cannot

does

someone say

to live

not every

turtle

reaches the sea

roots

search for

water

trees

settle

trees know

where they

should be

art nourishes

high above –

they are

unconcerned

despair

has a human

face

the almighty

penniless

at our door

remarkable –

he awaits

our love

life’s just

begun – cherry

blossoms

love –

both

depend

spirit

hovers over

voids

I see

now

I see

as it is –

a summer day

arrives

plants

know

to bloom

happiness

is hoping

to be found

at night

we see things

differently

we effect

the future

of the world

at night –

thoughts

shining

life seems

too far

to cross

a jetty –

reaching into

water

day begins –

beyond

the darkness

the day

begins

to sing

the sun –

leaving

its mark

the earth –

too heavy

to carry

for this reason

we were born

tomorrow –

too late

for today

our lives –

erasing

other lives

they

give us a

reason

this is

a special

time

footsteps –

the stars

above

sleep –

they

remain

life

suspended

over

the future

seeks

a voice

the wind –

blowing

life away

over

the horizon –

others

the sun

sinks beneath

the sky

bright

moon –

promising

a window

of time

another

mourning

long ago

the world

was new

where does

love

come from

the poor

are richer

a bird

announces

to all

so long –

the hours

of daylight

delicate –

a paper

boat

light here –

the way

life fills

with

emptiness

we travel far

through

the present

words –

less

than life

words

take us

further

currawong –

still night

in the morning

time

says

a lot

thinking

uncovers

we fade

into

the earth

life –

here

once

birds

returning

again –

the edge

of day

a thousand

tiny pebbles

in the sky

telling

it is

they

appear and

disappear

so much

time

to understand

what

brought us

takes us

birds fly

upon

the wind

what mark

is left

in emptiness

love holds

and

cannot hold

bleak –

tomorrows

and tomorrows

settle

for less

what is –

more than

what is

what is –

exactly

what is

invisible –

and yet

it binds

so easily

we know

my life –

somehow

all life

sweet pain –

to almost

lose

to be with you –

when you

might not have been

the surface

of water –

so thin

hearts

break – who can

mend

so close –

eternity

again and

again – the present

breaks open

in feeling

we see

breaking –

to let

life in

words

help us

in the

distance –

beauty

words

escape

words

wait to be

heard

long ago –

what might

have been

the road

forked – and brought

us here

we sink

and

sprout

birds

hesitate

to land

clouds

veil the

truth

night –

more than

lack

always

stars

beginnings –

in stars

so much

nothing

bright

star – in its

place

tonight –

rain

instead

the day has

changed – to be another

kind of day

bountiful –

but we leave

little left

it taps

on the

windowsill

each life

orbits

paths

diverge

beautiful –

with or

without sky

Parting

parting from us –

the sun

and then the stars

I knew –

but did not think

that it would end

loneliness

is hard

to loose

between –

what we were once

and what we would have been

hearts

bear wounds

for many days

trouble

comes – birds

scatter

blue sky –

even

in winter

a lone

tree in

a field

easier

to grow together –

than apart

dreams –

now we’re

awake

fate

unfolds –

and discards

a bud

despair

it was

real – but

loneliness

breaks

on the horizon

love’s

reason

we find

life

bends

the moon’s

long

sunset

hard to grasp –

what might

have been

each day

the lake catches

a face

the sea

retreats – then

the sand

memory

departs into

memory

a distant star

remains

we see clearer

when we’re young –

further when we’re old

families

bridge past

to future

we find

ourselves

in families

weeping

sky –

before light

I followed

you into the

distance

awake

to sound

of rain

each ending

finds

it never ends

the summer moon

slowly

disappears

at dawn –

midnight

love’s

widow

another

day to enter

lives –

side to

side

waiting

for a heart to be

reborn

thoughts –

shrouded in

cloud

at dawn –

only

open sea

can you

see me

in the distance

a tree –

abandoning

its leaves

unsettled –

in despair

a tree

trunk – streaked

by rain

words

fail –

as hearts

time

got away

with you

a photo –

weathered

by light

tears

are hot –

then cold

a faraway

mountain

in cloud

disappear

into tomorrow

painful –

this thing

reality

slowly

building a nest

in the present

beauty

sinks

within

eyes

set upon another

time

take

the time

to be

far from

shore –

sea

days

sinking

in the west

life

clears

Telling

bark grows

in silent

sympathy

blue –

cloud

swept

we live

parallel

mountain

days

are shorter

purposes

are hard

to find

living

makes

fragile

rarely –

handled

with care

we begin

and end in

vulnerability

downstream –

that which

remains

sometimes

a heart lives on

beautiful words

in sadness

feet touch

the ground

valley

after valley –

the light of day

many journeys

need

no maps

years bring us

closer –

and further away

the world

needs its

watchers

the present –

the past

in bloom

while it lasts

it is

everything

it calls –

that we would

understand

the universe

waited a long time

for you

the sun

has reached

that line of trees

music

is hard

to define

music

accompanies

so little

is important

forgive me

for all

I did not see

some things

we do

outlast us

stop –

see what never

stops

a response to

responsibility

rain’s

identity –

as it falls

sleep

invades and

conquers

was

no more

we see

better – when

we look

rain reminds

us we

have souls

frogs

sink

and swim

my mirror

keeps

changing

in time

little

remains

so deep –

the surface

of a lake

dogs

observe us

for a lifetime

no way

to know what we

will be

the sinking moon

met by

the sun

great sun –

with us

so briefly

the window

opens –

summer night

a humble man

takes note

of his reflection

old age –

at peace in its

reflection

bodies age –

souls strengthen

human hands –

too unsteady

for justice

some of

our words

remain

what people here –

who carry

your reflection

years extending –

towards

the horizon

an artist

has

two eyes

in nature

you saw

your soul

a presence –

in paintings

of trees

a gum

tossed by

invisibility

wind lifts

a landscape

from its knees

crickets chirp –

accustomed

to the earth

here houses

share a hillside

with trees

late afternoon –

birdsong

is a solace

those we loose

return

within our dreams

a ship –

slow motion

on water

each thing

we see

will disappear

dusk –

border of

invisibility

streetlights

across the bay

through rain

boats suspended

in the distance

the sound of

rain and

nothingness

boats on water –

going

nowhere

shadows

of the foreshore –

twilight

inevitable –

the slowly fading

light

colours fade –

a bird calls

from a tree

rain

settles in –

night

rain

carries light

and darkness

a sound –

instead of

darkness

famous stars –

each one

unknown

rain descends

to places

it has been

the sound of

rain on metal roofs – common

in the world

searchlights –

in a

peaceful sky

shadows

left

by stars

silent –

beyond

the clouds

sorrow sinks

beneath the surface

of sleep

numinous –

the rain

at night

rain

gently

sings

unguarded –

the border

of sleep

old houses –

sitting on the edge

of water

white boats –

placed

by an artist

crow flying –

changing day

wealth’s

trails

on water

I do not think

I understand

this garden

you sit

with blue water behind you

and clouds in the sky

harbor –

adorned

in white

it’s sad to

think

so far to the

horizon –

how wide the world

each is

unrepeatable

blended –

we continue

Forest

(In 2014 I attended a blockade of a new coal mine in Leard Forest, Northern NSW.)

the southern

cross – in a

trail of stars

the moon –

come down in

the valley

the camp

awakes – a river

of stars

a crescent

in acres

of stars

long before

dawn – these birds

arise to sing

the sign of

revolution – set

amongst stars

what will be

shall not

other futures

in the air

tiny bats fly –

wind in the

she-oaks

first nations

put

nations first

some lines

the sea

cannot cross

young as

old – old

as young

a hub

of other

destinies

night –

as far as

we see

dark future

beneath

the forest

canopy –

stars

earth yearns

for

faithfulness

out here

the sky

is weighty

land

that should

remain

the poverty

of country

towns

the face

of coal –

unwelcome

saviours –

high

on poles

what price –

redemption of the

world

do not move

an ancient

boundary stone

a forest’s

ancient

history

they turn

the earth into

the moon

our poverty –

those we

do not see

this southern cross

shines

in distant times

a privilege –

a part

futures

write on

hearts

a winding

river – beautiful

through trees

awaiting us –

silence

before dawn

they stand –

the Namoi’s

ceaseless flow

Telling

stars

blown by

winter winds

prophets

from

bleak places

winter

stars

aloft

only

the stars

untouched

flying stars –

winter winds

one season

in the

heavens

all is

no more

above –

the icy

stars

the currency

of the

infinite – words

words –

our currency

of beauty

life has

many ways

to be

past dawns –

alive

in memory

within –

a golden

river

words –

and their winged

cousins

words –

light enough

to fly

at dawn

night turns

into day

words

and breath

depart

the cockroach

his room

dawn –

rarely

silent

truth

alights

its hard

to be

you know

all

I know

each dawn

they try

to wake us

the lightest –

the most

weighty

the birds

adore

the light

we are all

more ordinary –

and extraordinary

a life

summed up –

a lie

people say

much that is

and is not true

fallen leaves –

joined to

their shadow

the sun –

through each

horizon

speaking

helps to

clarify

my body

launches me

a soul

that hovers

over its despair

it’s darker

yet I see

further

so little

we control

within

one

within

life grows

wherever

it can

the old

have heads

in clouds

it’s difficult

to lose confidence

in the world

only one

spring

life

needs

its advocates

wait for

spring

God’s face –

a mirror

we all

identify with

the moon

every place

is holy – some

most holy

a flock of

singing birds –

life passing

desire

gives life

to things

man –

a creature

after all

thoughts

seem so small

considering

no corner

of the earth

is left

look –

the fading

light

all are

witnesses

of greatness

the world

is passing

away

the world –

our image

each

ceases

under the tree –

a glimpse

of eternity

a thousand

suns –

in the dew

what is –

was

and will be

fragment

bright

visitors – from other

worlds

identity –

bending in

the wind

I do not know

the shape

of the moon

barely heard –

midnight

rain

wind –

gracious

or cruel

the sun

keeps its

promises

suffering –

inscribed

in the earth

years

gather

thoughts

alone

with our

identity

love

blindly

sees

now –

always

now

the future

serves the past –

or the past the future

all around –

what was and

what will be

we have

little

to go on

the same

birds

as yesterday

time never

runs out –

only life

to know

is not

to understand

rarely –

we know

hard –

to take a break

from living

there is

so much

to tell

in time

we love

silence

helps us face

our end

within

the wind

beauty –

remembered

on a wall

grief

haunts us

everywhere

the

sleeping

sun

to bless

is harder than

we think

many ways

to cross

the earth

somewhere

on earth –

our grave

we need

humanity

beginnings

are forgotten –

ends unknown

to share

enriches

in the dark –

I speak

I catch

the scent –

and follow

unfathomable –

the human

heart

hearts –

deep and

shallow

the day

begins in

starlight

suffering

is sweet –

when it ends

soon enough –

the future

comes

the powerful

turn folly

into tragedy

no end

in sight

some

will not settle

for less

my existence –

what is that

to you

the inevitability

of trains

the world

has many

meanings

why reach

to touch

the rain

he spared –

but not

himself

pain –

wherever life

is found

morning –

coloured

by rain

city

of my fathers

and children

apocalyptic –

ordinary

times

today

they kill

from afar

flowering grass –

beside

the railway

precious

voices

from the past

only sky

my face

among

the faces

I feel

responsibility

for what has been

our times

encroach on

other times

our fate –

pivotal

years

gum trees –

risen high

above a road

a stationary man –

on a

stationary escalator

how beautiful –

the world

that was

beauty

constantly

appears

the world –

our gate

of pearl

birds know

when

to return

living here

awakens

love

the world

is cruel

and beautiful

God

takes human

steps

the rain

returns –

as rain

humanity

should be

believed

we almost

understand

each other

sick roots –

poor trees

the sky

is generous

storm

eye –

peace

a craftsman

knows – we are

unaware

many things

brought

us here

life

seems so

permanent

another

consciousness –

the rain

rain’s

long sunset –

under leaves

everything

is faceless

now

first fallen

leaves – reminding

us of time

evil’s roots –

sunk into

economics

darkness

and light

share the sky

I’m different –

and

I am the same

frailty

outlasts

the stars

for a long time

it seems I have been

somewhere else

rain makes

interiors

beautiful

one star

turns night

to day

rain

falls

yearly –

all around

the sun

it circles

as we

circle it

life

takes us far

away

day ends –

just as

it begins

who can reach

further

than their arms

night

and sleep –

similar

sometimes

our soul

expands

breath

and sea –

similar

my memory

has many

dead

where

is music

sounds

of night – a veil

of clouds

winter

night – bright

embers

a rooster –

night

is undone

half

of what we see –

sky

wherever

I look –

there is light

we understand

and do not understand

the wind

life is

deep

night

again and

again

half moon –

a crown

without a king

behind

within

around

origin

and end –

spirit

I share

the world with many

eyes

keenly felt –

each life

on earth

capital

plunders

man and beast

human

nature –

inhuman

capital’s

offence

capital

consumes

nature –

becoming human

nature

one

ism

left

everywhere –

practitioners

of death

indefensible –

the world

we’ve made

to see

towards

to do

who are

the breath

of life –

for life

injustice –

ignore

injustice

beauty

in ashes

a world

in slavery

don’t lift

your eyes

the sun –

adoring life

each day –

the sea crosses

the sand

innocence

finds power

to speak

wealth impoverishes

those it

should enrich

birds

sometimes speak

of us

a new

world – a labour

of love

each summer

evening –

crickets sing

the rich get

of the poor

kings

of castles

of sand

the dust

on the shoes

of the powerful

remember

the poor

don’t forget

to turn

the earth

autumn

moon –

adrift

wait here –

you will see

the stars

a field

of fallen

shadows

we hide

our faces from

the sun

flocks –

departing

gravity

keeps us

here

they fall

silent –

one by one

cicada shells –

at the base

of trees

eternity –

there

unseen

rain –

upon

graves

flowers

on graves –

bereft

a grave –

verdant

with weed

from

above

to below

ant

under

sky

one man –

much

strength

I seek

the living

among the dead

a heart

in flower

it’s

beautiful

to be

rain has

sympathy

lots of

little

things

the invisible

loves

the visible

the rain –

speaking

outside

high clouds

higher

sky

heard

before

it’s seen

dusk –

stars

multiply

time

to be

we turn

our face

from death

an owl

in meditation

sees

sometimes –

the sun

and moon

earth

solitude

the sun has

ceased –

autumn day

within –

the sound

of rain

time

passes

I –

I cannot

recognize

once –

familiar

each night

I cease

I remember

who you

were

I see

you – through

you

the meeting of

ten thousand rivers

faces

are

original

silence

and sky

a people –

a people

a world

made of

another

a beach –

sand

untold

eight billion

hearts

life –

common

as gold

and I and……………we

a heart

dissolves – showers

of rain

so much

to lose –

to gain

we need

another kind

of strength

no stars

tonight –

just frogs

human light –

ghostly

in the clouds

a tiny drip

on each

leaf

the earth

moves towards

its future

in the grave –

what was

time –

ten thousand

times

only

one

who is

brave enough

to fear

humanity –

speeding from

its home

I try

to understand

I try

evil

triumphs

everywhere

life’s

myriads

light

sparkles –

children in bed

ridges

shrouded

with rain

clouds

adapt to ways

of sky

life

beckons

still –

evening

inside

time

encloses – set on

walls

sleep

draws us

I know

they are there –

outside

death visits –

we are

not at home

profound –

the sea

distantly

near

darkness

embraces

light

days

spent

rain

without

sky

poor

poorer

only dust –

once

sunrise

on the edge of time

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John Carroll Poems

Telling (Complete)

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