Moonlight With Galway Hookers

Came sunset on the water,

silent as ancient graves,

rolling with the hidden moon

comes softly rocking waves;

gliding sliding side by side,

our red sails slowly fill,

the secret moon calls us on,

as clouds hang thick and still;

the Galway shore fades away,

a moonlit course appears,

my landlocked soul sighs content:

set free, my fever clears;

with slicing bow, every roll

between water and wind,

moonlight guides our destiny,

sailing sailing onward.

© 2015 ACG 

Ballad of the Lost Forlorn

There was a day when all was still

and peace descended fair;

there was a day I climbed that hill

to touch the rarest air;

I saw the clouds above me roar,

I heard the West Wind scream;

I knew my heart could live no more

for there you killed my dream;

The blue above, the green below,

it all turned into death;

you robbed me of my very soul,

and stole my final breath.

And now I fly among the clouds,

my hair's the whipping storm,

I ride the West Wind's fever'd howl,

I am the Lost Forlorn.

© ACG 

28 December 2014

Take The Wild

Perhaps I never should have wandered here

unprepared

for the heartache of your lusting sneaky soul,

tangling me

in suffocating confusion;

I sought the sunlight

through your wicked shadow;

my placement here confounds

your cruel control;

this is not your place

it is mine;

your insatiable effort

to change me

fails

within the fire

of my sunset.

© ACG

02 November 2014

Under The Blood Moon

Eclipsed,

the moon loses itself

and fades into orange,

molested by the sun's overbearing light,

on the far side from me;

Everyone loves the Blood Moon.

But I just want the moon back,

I want to know it is there,

when I look up ~

shining glowing whitely

against the night sky

or hovering softly

with the morning's first breath,

I want to know it is there,

whether or not I look up ~

as familiar as your face in the window.

Everyone else loves the Blood Moon.

© ACG

08 October 2014

Take Out Your Ship

Take out your ship

let out your sail

raise your anchor

and sail away ~

though storms be brewing

take out your ship ~

when the sea is black

when the horizon's gone

the stars will guide you

the winds will lead you

the waves will lift you

and carry you home ~

for home will find you

when your journey's done.

Take out your ship

let out your sail

raise your anchor

and sail away.

© ACG 

21 August 2014

A Slight Breeze
that slight breeze blows
caressing my skin
and in an instant
I dream
you touch me.

©ACG

16 June 2014