Touch me with your smile

a look, a glitter in your eye

to soothe these winter nights

to warm a dying fire.

Lead me with a song to

a meadow in the spring

where the willow bends her head

& the stream is running clear

Tell me that you love me

without a single word

for words can lead astray

& words are only heard.

Touch me with your smile

laughter glitters brighter than

these evening stars, take a walk

beneath Orion’s belt

& play a mean guitar

yes play that mean guitar.

Love’s flush with colour’s palette

dusted red with passion

it chases purple sunrise,

finds deep fuchsia pulsing

through my heart & when

we’re apart, yellow sorrow rises up

to stop me sinking.

Love comes in varied guises

changes madly day to day:

I see the starlight in your eyes

& wonder where it stems from.

Love makes no sense to others

what you believe you see in me

it’s a dream a fantasy, I’m hidden.

Love’s everywhere & nowhere

it spans the vastness of the earth

it animates four letter word

the word we live & die for.

The dead can’t talk to us

tell us of their fear,

your love is waiting

at the field gate

head in hands

waiting for your voice.

You can’t help her

hold her in the night

whisper words you want

to say, you meant to say

back then that fateful day

the last day you were together.

The dead can’t speak

tell us how the light

went out

the time they’re owed:

we watch sunrise pink

over hill & dale

listen to the lonely cry

where are you now,

where are you now?

Why did you go

& leave me?