POEM TITLE
A Place Enchanted
POEM
Morning has come and the sun is shining
On all things living and non-living
The water is crystal blue
You can see the bottom of the ocean
The tides head for the shore,
Beautiful but dangerous.
Sea gulls keep watch
Of the Blackness castle
Underneath the clear blue skies.
Children run along the sandy and rugged beach.
Leaving small little footsteps everywhere.
Flying their rainbow kites high in the sky.
They make necklaces
Out of the pulchritudinous seashells.
And build strange sandcastles.
They throw pebbles into the ocean
And watch as they dance on the water.
Somewhere far from the coast
Many boats can be seen
Although they appear like small insects
They are carrying osytermen
Who keep lowering their dredges
Down onto the ocean bed
To harvest the delicate oysters.
As the sun sets darkness covers the pier.
And the old landlord in
The Fifth of Forth village
Opens up the Lobster pot.
For the folks to
Order their pink lady
And make merry.
The lads and lasses dance and sing folk songs.
While the night is still young.
Before the old green mermaid returns.
POEM TITLE
The Old Tale
POEM
It was there in the Lobster pot that we first me.
And I remember thinking how can the devil
Have such beautiful eyes an angel
Your eyes were this ocean blue
I would drown in them
You stood there like a Greek god
Ready to work out his magic
When you looked at me
I felt like a beautiful mistake
A faithless servant
A dull and empty street
A stranger in a foreign land
A robbery gone wrong
Wondering
Why I was dancing with devil
Why I was smiling at him
Why I was eating from the forbidden tree
But I could not resist entering your secret chambers
I could not resist touching your face
Combing through your big black beard
And feel the beating of your heart
When the clock struck midnight
I knew it was time for you and me to go
To leave your band of misfits
To leave your band of outlaws
Those hoodlums and rumdums
Before you and them could paint the town red
Before you could wet your whistle one more time
You led me down to the long and sandy beach
With one arm around my waist
And the other in my hair
And I remember thinking
I have to keep this man
You laid us a blanket
On the cold and rocky shore
Where we laid half awake and naked
With my head on your chest
Watching the midnight sun
Counting shooting stars
And laughing at your lame jokes
And then morning came
And you were gone
Just like that
Just like the midnight storm
Just like the fish pot princes
Leaving me with faint memories of you
Memories that eat me up
Memories I cannot erase
Memories I cannot burn
Memories I cannot share
Nowadays I search for you everywhere
Even at the old pier
Even at the Blackness castle
But you are a rare gem
A black diamond
I do not see you
I do not hear you
I do not smell you
You are just gone