Soft Kiss

A kiss
more potent with bliss
than with the promise of
eternal sunshine
captured in a pair of lips
yet not just a prelude
to being nude
no... soul food
from the old school
like a naked pair of left feet
trying to compete
for the affection of a blanket
a flicker in the heart
a candle in the dark
the flint that ignites a spark...

...I kissed a girl
and there was so much beauty in the world...

Holding my breath...

Did you smile?

Did my words linger on your lips?

Or was it some sort of solar eclipse

on a most liberating feeling?

Did it leave you dancing on the ceiling

or just shoot your spirits to the ground?

I wonder...

Were you pleased by my sound

or incensed at my voice?

I made a choice

now its your go

you can tell me, you know

there's no one around

just us, floating in space

looking to be found....

Evening Surprise

Stranded between existance and time
i stare at the faceless clock
listening...
there's a sigh from the tick
and a groan in the tock

tick

tooooooock

will it?

stoooooooop?

or, indeed, start?
trickery in the mind reveals
the emptiness of a heart
void of meaning...

maybe the hands on the clock
are in need of cleaning
or oiling
meanwhile the worker bees
carry on toiling

time so slow it actually hurts
i think this clock is set in reverse
nothing works
nothing moves, nothing IS!
away from you, NOTHING LIVES!!!
They're just....there...
stupid chair, stupid fan, stupid floor-

...suddenly you're at the entrance to my store
wings tucked away
still a vision from the scripture
framed in my doorway
you are my favourite picture
eyes full of joy, (how i treasure those eyes!!)
you float in smiling, "Surprise!"

Coffee Cake

On our way home from the coffee place
a sole drizzle trickled down her face
as she asked me what light i saw her in
and though i could have answered that
i chose to hold my answer back
for what i though might have been embarrassing:
i dont think she even knows
just how beautiful she glows
... wonder what she really thinks of me
but i look into her eyes
and its like a new sunrise
the view from here is quite simply lovely...


I know its more than 10 words but this is how i feel about you. Love, Wall-E Rich.

Cipa (see-pa)

I sleep when i'm hungry, fuck when i'm bored
passed out naked on the kitchen floor
wrestling nightmares of a premature hearse
imagine being wounded yet never feeling sore...
its a curse!

what could be worse than all i wish you hadn't said?
i want you
i need you
out of my head

tinted bottles cant dull the numbness
lust-stained blanket to darken the night
"You okay, baby?" she nags,
I just say "Polite"
but there's this side inspite of me
that's grown beyond control
not quite the man you hoped i'd be
but who i am as a whole

i just need sleep
this rabbit hole, it sinks too deep
at some point i find a dream
then cant wait to open my eyes
somehow, even without you here
i wake up feeling like a sunrise
cos in this dream time doesnt happen
so somewhere i still hear you laughing
as i tight-rope walk the edge of a cliff
naively gazing into the infinite 'what if...'