A trampoline for the bard
I go as a messenger to the Queen
Who does say a prince will
not be born in England
A worthy king will
rule the seas
I set out to see
if there’s a sun beyond
I command this fleet
to me all these sailors
are not affixed
Shakespeare is my subject
I embark to prove
the Queen of England
is not so bereft of ideas
there is no shore
that will not
this sight today accept
and alight from the light tower
on their shores
this is not a conquest
this is a quest
furore in life
is not a king’s best
Shakespeare must rest a while
rest his pen,
taste the fury
of an ocean bereft
an English thinker
sets sail today
to meet an unknown sun
or he must fail
till I find what is beyond
the waves of the seas will
tremble under my soldiers’ feet
they will return
wise and rich
from wherever they set feet
Will Shakespeare smile
if I do not return
to my home
in the northern cliffs
the sea will be my land
for long days to come
A bard has created havoc
the street across the theatre
is jammed
he they now say is
hearth and land
this is a new trait
this is the new trait
the people must serve
the bard’s fate
ah America
like a punk who makes new
the same street
every time we meet
never knew each other
but for the closeness of the street
You in a part
there a star that for some time now
shines on top of the crescent moon
and sometimes below it
in the past several days I saw it
coordinates in motion
there’s only them two
sky all empty but for their duet
not visibility or smog
but atomic burst of light
in the minds expanse
well into the night
and used to the florid skies
few nights are not same
they ask for a sacrifice
of things new or
from the past
that won’t fall apart
a one star protects the moon
weaving round it tonight
it’s glittering puts
lands to rest
voyager marooned
up and down about
assume all company’s not lost
far in a few dark nights
Just a little light
the few village lights
show where the houses are
make the night a youngster’s dream
the west coast breeze
and the far off sound of the sea
I live, I live
I breathe, I breathe
that’s all I know
that’s all I feel
I wouldn’t know much
but that’s fine with me
I did well on that one
I find out now
years on years later
I forgot to tell you
we were trying to trace our way
through the sand and the houses
to where I am now
difficult but happy energy
after facing it and them
great to meet you
unforgettable faces
an experience in reality
my path in the night’s grey sand
