The Idiot

Ancient Love


Shakespeare spoke of love
Raw and freshly plucked
Bitten into
With a lusty mouth

But what of love unsaid?
Crumpled sheets
Left bundled on a naked bed
The cold slam of a taxi door
Her lingering scent
And beyond the window
- London
Filthy and ancient




Endymion 2007

...
as far as the first one goes...
In that case: maybe we're ALL idiots then!
(well most)

Glad to know I'm not alone

I've recently learned to accompany this on the guitar (finger-picking).
It's hypnotic like a type of meditation (that's my excuse, anyway).



The Promise



If you
wait for me
then I'll
come for you
Although I've traveled far
I always hold
a place for you in my heart

If you
think of me
If you miss me
once in awhile
Then I'll return
to you
I'll return
and fill that space in your heart

Remembering
Your touch
Your kiss
Your warm embrace
Ill find
my way
back to you
If you'll be waiting

If you
dream of me
like I...
dream of you
In a place thats warm and dark
In a place where I can feel the beating of your heart

Remembering
Your touch
Your kiss
Your warm embrace
I'll find my way
back to you
If you'll be waiting

Oh I've
longed for you
and I
have desired
To see your face
your smile
To be with you
wherever you are

Remembering
Your touch
Your kiss
Your warm embrace
I'll find
my way
back to you
Please say you'll be waiting

Together again
It would feel so good to be
In your arms
Where all my journeys end
If you can make a promise
If it's one that you can keep,
I vow to come for you
If you wait for me

And say you'll hold
A place
for me

in your heart

A place
for me
in your heart

A place
for me
in your heart

A place
for me
in your heart


(Tracy Chapman)


She kills me


http://www.emp3world.com/mp3/103904/Tracy%20Chapman/The%20Promise

Lyrics for an Irish Lass





I wana hear your voice, Cara
Float electric on the night
Come on and breathe me, Cara
C'mon and hold me tight
The evening air is burning
You're the moon the stars the sky
I'm a fool for you, Cara
Lead me to your light

Just let me hear you, one more time
Sing for me again
I wana hear your sweet voice
The earth the sun and rain
I need your understanding
I long to watch you smile
I'm yearning for you, Cara
Come be with me a while

I wana see your face, Cara
Appear out of the mist
Come on and kiss me, Cara
Breathe in all you've missed
Inside my mind is burning
You're the love the grief the pain
I'm a fool for you, Cara
Come sing for me again



Endymion 2007

and somewhere
there was a woman singing
a sad song about a dead lover
and even though I couldn't understand
I realised the beauty in her
hands like graceful tree roots
pressed into my flesh
As I untangled the image
Of her loveliness

A Poem of Love


I don't know why
I've got you on my mind
There's something about you, woman
That keeps me driven
Yet drives me to distraction
Some weird cosmic attraction
I can't get you from my head
So I write instead of thinking of your face
Or how every time you pass me by
You leave a trace
Of something about me
Something you don't know you've given
Your love may be forbidden
But your heart....
Your heart is never hidden
How can I not love you?


Endymion 2007

Emptiness


If only you could come into
This emptiness tonight
Speak to me
From somewhere in your heart
Hold me tight
Before I fall apart
Hold me tight enough
To crush
The pain of love




Endymion 2007

The heart is empty
Black with fire
And you are gone
From its centre

End With None



I don't crave your love
Your friendship - maybe
But not your love
I see you're happy

I'm glad you are
I mean that truly
And thank you for all
You already gave to me

I'm sorry if I offended you
It was no lack of respect
But my misunderstanding
And neglect

It's been such a long time
Since I felt an empathy
And I suppose that I chose
To let it seduce me

I'm sorry if I've hurt you
I thought you were alone
I never would have sent you flowers
If I 'd known

How happy you are
You see, I've been a fool
To intrude on a good friend
And end with none at all






Endymion 2007

"End With None"...
Perrrrrfeccct!!!
Just what I needed!!!

hey Naima - what's up?

I don't know...You tell me...

(No, i'm not going EVIL :wink: )

Ash


I try not to watch them
Not to look over there
Where they sit so close together
Intimately engaged
How can I be jealous?
But I am, damn it
They act like loving fools
And I try not to listen
To their friendly laughter
Or gentle words tenderly given
The softly seeking suggestion
He's got the gift
His words caress her
While mine burn to ash
Unspoken, forever




Endymion 2007

Hey?!?! A coincidence!

http://www.able2know.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=92633&highlight=


Sex...... will it ruin it or make it better?

Life........Does the suffering put the beauty in it?

You,
me,
the idiot,
Candide.

hey Amigo -

So, what is your thread about??

:wink:

http://www.able2know.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=2728339#2728339

Wound



My heart is besieged
The wound is deep
Love is pain and undeniable
My heart reflects on this
My love's a dream
Burns wildest joy within
Smouldering in life's blue fire
The furthest reaches of desire
Consumed by anguish and by bliss
A pure thought of gentleness
A secret yearning
A touch, a word, a kiss
A moment's peace
Oh my love is out of reach
Her heart is spoken
But life is sweet
And terrible in loneliness
And broken




Endymion 2007

Drift



Just say goodbye
That's all I'm asking
Don't leave me hoping
Cos on these wise words
I keep choking
If that's how it's to be
Just say goodbye to me
I watch you drift
I watch your attention shift
Right from my side
And the fault is mine
If it means you're gone forever
Whatever
I can't change your mind
I really f*cked it up this time
So we leave it behind
Fine
I don't need why
I just need goodbye




Endymion 2007

Enchanted Lily



What are flowers
but each a perfect loveliness alone
more real and complete
than sunlight through autumn leaves
or even your laughter
hidden somewhere in the forest

I search for you
through all this lonely labyrinth
in all the wilderness
You are an angel unsaid
You lay as stone on stone
trailing ivy from your hands

Eyes that shall not weep
but in a sigh, speak
of deep-felt secret emotion
Like the petals of the sweetest flower
You have stirred my heart
In all its confused loneliness

Here, the tangled web
and stolen, scented caress
of pale wild roses
leads me like a blind man
to the edge
of your honourable monument

Woman, I long to walk beside you
through a stream of evening meadows
silver and gold….
and travel far from this ancient love story
But the sharply barbed
wall of thorns denies me

And the palest lily
held tender at your breast
could never touch your loveliness
As I can never touch your hand
nor reach your marble lips
for an awakening kiss






Endymion 2007