The Tunnel

The Tunnel

It was the start of a tunnel
I had his hand to hold
An unknown deep wet tunnel
Underground,I wondered if we would find gold

I wasn’t looking for the holy grail
Or the book of life or death
Maybe I would find some carvings
And a glowing light ahead

There was a mystery of bones and pottery
You could almost smell the activity
Ghosts of prisoners in secret cells
Ghosts of priests in sanctuary ringing church bells

I wondered if there was a tunnel
From England to all over the world
First,I would go to Paris
Smell the wine and cheese from below

Dreams of fresh bread,crossiants,yogart
Sitting in the park
Visiting galleries of modern and classical art

I would go to Rome
The smell of pizza and gelato
Bigger and better than home
I would find a secret opening
In the Vatican City
Walk around and pray,the air so soft
The angels so pretty

Could there be a tunnel to Australia?
Could there be a shuttle to the land of sunny air?
The smell of barbecues and burning wood
Bouncing kangaroos,collecting kindling like
Red riding hood

Maybe we could go the beach
Do some surfing and caving in all heats
Go to a zoo and see koala bears
Take photographs of travellers from all over

We could go to Tasmania
See a Tasmanian devil,a possum,a bird
Go walking on Wellington Mountain
Look at the stars and do some counting

Where would we go next?
Back through the tunnel to Hong Kong
See beautiful buildings and live like we are young
Eat sweet and sour and look on markets
For satin and yarn

We would find a black hole
And find the world of the blue sunset
Sit there and watch,the stars like purple dots
Fields of pink that make your whole body sink
Martians with really white teeth
Smiling at you,how lovely,how sweet!!!

My faith is tested

My faith is tested
‘Voices cry in the trees’-Elizabeth Coatsworth

You are my lobster
I am your mermaid

Dreaming of a travelling offer
Where the wind is softer

The words I choose
To share my news

Baby pool
Baby lily pool

Seduce me with a massage
Kiss me on the neck
Take me down the passageway
Swear you will protect

The possibility
And the source of imagery

‘A gentle relationship,
Kissing and holding hands and
Sleeping side by side’-Lavinia Greenlaw

I crave music
The house has a constant beat

Stars orbiting around you

Feminine is a poem,
Differently

The greatest act of love
Is making a tape for someone

Discovering and connecting
I miss electricity

Raincoat pocket
I find a family locket

Are they watching?
Should I be locking my hair?
Are they dreams,dark forces or reality?

To lay in your arms and listen to music

‘I thought of my panick attacks which were also
Electrical,a long moment of shock’-Lavinia Greenlaw

‘And the wave sings because it is moving’-Philip Larkin

Does the sky know you and I?
Are we sat on a shooting star
And ready to fly?
A piano lullaby

Suddenly the lights turned pink

Your amazing way
We take off to a sunny day

I dreamed we were on a beach
Unpacking sandwiches and quiche!!

Bay bliss
A bay kiss
Sweet love bay
It’s a warm and shiny day

I want to draw a stream
Watch your face beam
Invite you to dream

Everywhere you go
There will be a great great glow

Winter

When its raining and running down the window
And the soul is just warm
Your reading a book on your kindle
While outside there is a storm

I picture a lighthouse
And it’s ray on the sea
Is it searching for you and me?

When you fall in love
Like an open dove
And he keeps you warm
Like a hat on a mug
And lights up everything good
Stars of knowth

Goddess tone

Trusting a meal
Out of my tortoiuse shell

It was Floods,not laughter

Beach velvet under my feet

The sweet hit of love
It feels like fate is smiling

You are the lily of the valley

It’s the new year
And I want to shed a tear
Will the heavens hear?
Will the winds help steer?

Waking up on New Years Day
Gonna find out if love will find a way
Your everything I care about,so say
Save me from the slay

Kiss me
Kiss me at the door
Kiss me on a pillow
Kiss me on the park,the beach
Kiss me under the rainbow
Kiss me under the stars
Kiss me by the fire
Kiss me by a sunset dream
Kiss me on a carousel
Kiss me on the dance floor
Kiss me at the back of the movies
Kiss me on the settee watching jelly
Kiss me on a picnic blanket

Just a little note
You are my little oat
You keep me going all daylong
You make me smile and feel so warm

I heard a bird sing
In the dark of December
A magical thing
And sweet to remember’-Olivia Herdford

Waiting for birds and dream words

A galaxy in your eyes
I love to look up high

Loves the piano like flesh and blood

Beach bright beautiful

Angel of jazz

‘A captive blue sky’ -Elizabeth Alexander

Imagining gold leaf

‘A painting is a poem’-Elizabeth Alexander

‘New York glitters like a new idea’-Elizabeth Alexander

‘Shiny rose light’-Elizabeth Alexander

‘Blossoms of pink light’-Elizabeth Alexander

Go and Catch

‘Go and catch a falling star’-John Donne

We look at each other
Harmonious madness

‘A flirt and flutter’-Edgar Allen Poe

‘Both equal hurt,in this change
Sought our blisses
My true love hath my heart and I have his’-Sir Philip Sidney

Sunlight is the spread of heaven

The brook that flowed
I dipped my tiptoes

The velvet curtains on my cheek
The grass like summer velvet,velvet in the air

It’s a love story
You look adoringly
Do not go home with her
Please come home with me

Body of a gymnast?I was always picked last

Viking road
I looked for the language of a friend

Words of love
Coming down my street
Colours of love
When will we meet?

To sing,slim,stand up stage

A sweet love bay
It’s a warm and shiny day
On stage

Blossoms,I want to feel winged

Christmas alone
The birds have flown
To warmer weather
But when I see a robin
I see us being together

You are a nativity star
You are a manger
Taking care of Jesus
A very special star

When my eyes close
You take off my clothes
The candle glows
My heart is paused

Keep me warm in the night
Kiss me in glowing light

People who know pain
Yet glow in the rain

Swirling to the perfect lover

‘Beauty,beauty everywhere
Flowers blooming oh,so fair’-Pansy Griffith

The importance of music to girls

‘The music,the steps,your partner’-Lavinia Greenlaw

Childplay and attentiveness

‘At school,I suddenly wanted my own world
And my own people to go in it’-Lavinia Greenlaw

A delightful play in the rain

‘To have that great English form of beauty -to look nice’-Lavinia Greenlaw

‘Each step or gesture is the outcome of another’-Lavinia Greenlaw

God into swan
My desperate soul grew numb

A beautiful dish
My eyes are bright

We dream together like brook and bird

Love, and a magic is born

Baby names
Titania Aria
Bethany hazel

Bless me while I sleep
Love me for keeps
Kiss me goodnight as I
Dream of starlight
Fly with the angels in
Shiny delight
Let me drift into penguins
And happy endings

Today my heart is open
I still dream of the locomotion

Come and stay warm
With me in an igloo
Let’s put our hearts together
In this aerial weather

Anigloo
Plosive

‘And all at once it is completely fire’-Rainer Maria Rilke Spanish dancer

Starting with recorders
Part of my body

Baby name
Apple snow

Wine lake or
The warmth of hot chocolate spreading through the body

Records in my bedroom
‘Dreams float like lilies’-Thylias Moss

We began like rocket fuel
‘The electrified self’-Lavinia Greenlaw

The closer song
‘Lifted her in a waltz’-Thylias Moss

Anything served with custard!!!

‘The brass band struck up in the street’-Thomas Hardy

Hair as true as light
Magic hair

That track
It was carried by angels and electricity

An electric river
Like a sonnet
Sunlit and hearty

I wandered into your tempo

‘The lunar effects on the tides,
And the tide effects on a stony beach’-Lavinia Greenlaw

Safe in the dark
I am on your ark

‘The greek name for a butterfly is psyche,
And the same word means the soul’-Lavinia Greenlaw

The brightest girl
A girl of softness

Drifting into music I close my eyes

‘Where the whitest lilies blow,
Where the freshest berries grow’-John Green leaf Whittier

Towards the world
‘A flower flew in the sky’-Teresa Hooley