bouche trou

plugging the holes

yet the black water continues

rushing through each

and every

tiny fissure

this body hasn’t

neither the appendages

nor the reach

to cover the damage

these holes will reap

truth is

there is no know reason

for this all to be

plug these holes

stick your foot in it

moon songs iii

I fly through the sea

Every opportunity before me

My world is immense

Never will I ask what if

Rather it must be

I will

Always turn your gaze forward

Regret nothing of what’s been

Ask what were you learning

And apply those lessons well

Or not

You could

Simply continue to subsist

Or choose as you know you will

TOo

Forward in your momentum

The peace in your life

The blue of the water

And the sky

Meld with the green

Each trading life with each

Such is our harmony

The horizon red

The blood of our existence

Together

moon songs ii

the rush across the ears
water and whale song
the solitude of water
honu fades invisible to silence

the moon casts shadow across the waves
clouds obscure the light and add texture
the dark blues fade invisible
into each
into the silence

silence in solitude
across the sea is he
alone in his solitude
aware in his silence


honu fades into his tranquility

honu 1 d.payne 2011

farceur

i am mental man

i live the life

of?

the person well hidden

well sort of

some know of me

what i am

and they see what?

i could be

someone i am not

but someone you might want me to be

but then

am I me?

ah that would be the rub

a man of bubbling sensitivity

or who i am

whatever that might be

moon songs

drifting, tiny flicks of his feet

honu moves in the light

a full moon shows a path

among the hazards of coral

and sharks and rocks

the music feeds into his soul

the pulse of his ocean

the solitude of the island

he marvels

how is it

when this moon song goes quiet

that he can feel so alone

will he feel the song again

the turtle lifts his head to the horizon
a vast indigo sky joins the fluorescing water before him
honu wonders what lies out there
before him
for him
for them

and he dives forward

honu 2 d.payne 2011

What do you do,
          when you find that most desired,
                     proves most elusive?
What do you do?