Wednesday, August 16, 2006

Painting skies on carousels - For Gary

The gentle boy on the sofa,
painting skies on carousels
sketching dreams in wishing wells

the quiet boy in the flat
dusty arcane paraphernalia,
wisdom, wit and bacchanalia

the inspired boy in his room,
making rolling raging seas
drawing strength from burning leaves

the mad boy at the bar
laughing gently challenging
smoking drinking hammering

the young boy on the bus
writing songs on window panes
words and chords all with sustain

the lonely boy in his bed
painting skies on carousels
dreaming worlds and living hells

1 comment:

Matthew Loukes said...

Nice one, mate.