Almost
April 10 2012

Living in a bubble
With thee intended
    Love of my life
(who was to be the last)
Who’s now further away
        Than ever

Every effort
Every ounce of patience
And perseverance
    Dissolved ironically
In a flood of long sought
    Clear headed emotions

I am now damned
    By my own altruism
        And tenacious love

We almost had everything
           

        Almost.



Copyright Simon Wright 2012

Henceforth and NEVER …
(follow up to Henceforth and Forever)
May 28 2012

But the nightmare will continue …

There was a rapture
    There was and is a usurper
Within his undeserved arms
        You now lay
    And lie
            The same lies
Laid on me
        As you lay with me

    The promise of a lifetime
“One thousand and ninety five years”
        Abolished with callousness
And complacence
            Over shadowed by
Anothers lust and passion
            And not held together
By the strength and logic of ours.


Copyright Simon Wright 2012

    Dry Eyes in a Low Lit Room
Dec 18 2011

A single candle lit in vigil
    Now dozens upon dozens
Every night you wander
Farther from my arms and
        Further into oblivion

The sombre flames flicker
Across bare walls
        On which images of a
True life together should display

What faint light and little warmth
That fill this void
Illuminate the shadows
            That persist
And draw notice to the
    Questions that remain

This light will burn on
Gradually brightening this darkness
    The vigil will continue
        And my love will persevere
                    Ad infinitum
These candles only to be extinguished
By the tears I refuse to shed.


Copyright Simon Wright 2011   

Henceforth and Forever
May 28 2012

Last night I had a dream
    That we finally woke up
From this nightmare
        Of addiction and separation
We stirred and awoke
    In each others arms
Naked and pressed together
        Just as we had fallen asleep

Gazing into each others eyes
    Across our slumber-shared pillow
            We sigh
        We breathe
    Our lips lock in a passionate
Familiar and
            Forgiving kiss

    All sins and indiscretions absolved
And we laugh with tears of relief
                Welling in our eyes…
We are again together…
                Maybe never truly apart …
But now together as we should be
                    Henceforth and forever.



Copyright Simon Wright 2012

Waiting Lost
30-10-97

Like an empty vase waiting for water
So its flowers may once again
Flourish and bloom

Like a dog waiting for his master
To bring him a bone in reward
For his loyalty

Like a hungry stomach waiting for a
Meal to fulfill its appetite

Like a piano waiting for melody
To grace its strings
In symphony and glory

Like an accident waiting to happen

Like two countries on the
Verge of war

Like dreams waiting to be
Shattered and
Hearts to be broken

I sit here waiting for Her…
… the dog remains alone,
The stomach empty,
The piano silent --
Gathering dust
The accident happens and
The war breaks out
Dreams are shattered and
Hearts are broken
And the flowers
In the vase
Slowly
Wilt.

Copyright Simon Wright 1997

Tree line
Aug 9 2011

Through the woods
            An ocean beckons
A life as clean
        And free
As the waters
        That await
    Beyond the tree line
            Of this blackening forest

The light of promise
            Struggles through
Scarring branches
        Revealing
An indirect path
            To a place wherein
    The sun will
Never set

Some day
        Some how
                Somewhere
Beyond the trees
        Darkness and deceit
    Will no longer veil
This love
        born of fate
    And bound by perseverance

Copyright Simon Wright 2011

Patience, that virtue
Watching the clock
Fending off
    Anxieties and fears
With blind trust
            Feigning an ongoing
    Attempt
        To separate
Church and state
            Idling on a
                Solemn promise
That sooner or later
Our life will no longer
            Have conflict
    Our love will thrive
And we will live
    As we should
Not how our demons dictate
            Together
                Life and death
Honest
Earned
and fulfilled

Copyright Simon Wright 2011