all is done

ALL IS DONE
I got lost
it was safer
than to be found
by your eyes
and your plans

The circus is in full swing
they cover the skies
the airwaves
the seas
the land
and under the land

Parasites and psychopaths
posture and prevaricate
for our angst

I stopped by the trees
to listen
and a tired
burlesque dancer
was asleep
in the chasms
of my memory

I am no longer
a part
just apart
from all
that you
still feed
in your fractured hopes

I am younger
here
Time has no remit
among the leaves
and the carpets of
buttercups

Man has become
alien to me


I have always been
an orphan in your tribe

I watch the centuries
play out
age old themes
as the animals skip
to the melody
of the stream

I do not belong
in your shadows
and excuses

I have lit the fuses
the mountains
will move

I tried to tell you
but I was not
the fashion or the flavour

You wanted a King
or a celebrity

Time I got back
on my donkey

Stephen