spectres of desire
in her dreams were the spirits of all those she had wronged
~
there are ghosts in the mist
demons haunt the darkness
pale memories of loves lost
the pain of a broken heart
as the night drives us apart
friends once tenderly kissed
then dismissed as we parted
warm love became ice frost
stone demons haunt the mist
~
jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
nightmares of a dark love incarnate
Love’s Lost Friendship
whatever you want from me only love and friendship can give
~
I learned that I can still cry
sorrow is the other face of joy
to grieve silently is to be human
lost and broken and yet I’m a man
now all this friend can say is goodbye
you were the only love I’ve ever known
~
jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
dawn in New Mexico
a better time to say farewell
Kiss From A Witch
never kiss a witch in the moonlight
~
on all Hallows eve
don’t promise a witch
on a long lover’s kiss
in the bright moonlight
else you will be hers
forever and always
~
jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
only a lunatic should kiss a witch
Lies Always Hurt
what becomes of a man with a broken heart?
~
my broken heart aches
you could see in in her eyes
her life had been filled with lies
~
Jack Collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
I was the one lying
Sails and the Sea
Life is like sailing, you can use any wind to go in any direction
~
scattered like butterflies
under grey autumn skies
reflected and mirrored
haze shimmered and silvered
riding the send of the sea
against a rising tide
ignoring our dreams
our plans and schemes
the sea has a life of it’s own
seems we can’t have it all
for I’m I’m no Bogy
and sadly you’re no Bacall
this is not Key Largo
~
jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
I must go down to the sea again
Dreams and Seascapes
My melancholy soul matches the grey sea
~
Haunting music of the wind, wave counterpointed, grey sky echoed
Frames the seascape seascape bowl with solitary figure walking
A lonely man struggling, changing but ever the same
~
Jack Collier
jackcollier7@ talktalk.net
The loneliness of a beachcomber
I had a girl
the fundamental interconnectedness of all things
~
darkness unfolds into morning
the moonlight shines though
what am I to you?
~
jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
Once I knew her
then she knew me
Be Yourself
losing yourself means accepting what others think of you
~
be yourself
in your bad dreams
be yourself
in your worst nightmares
be yourself
in dark desolate loneliness
be yourself
when all seems lost and hopeless
be yourself
be yourself because there is no one else
~
jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
in the starry, starry night
be yourself ~ there is nobody else
Her Smile
just like those remembered days when the dawn sang
~
then quite suddenly I see
if you smile, not just for me
the world is a lovelier place
those tears have disappeared
all that sadness has vanished
the old songs never did end
and we walk again by the sea
remembering the you I adored
~
jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
give your Goddess all the love you can
now that she’s gone
I pushed her away, into the evening light, a million miles away
~
from afar
where the night ended
a happy cry said it wasn’t over
and all at once I had it all
nothing else mattered
but my tears
~
jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
wait ’till you see me cry
with tears of joy over my smile
