Longboat Mouse

The air speaks to me

With her infinite breath

It’s her soul on my whiskers

Amplified by the sea

Ride the bow in the night

She’s cold like crystals 

But I am a mouse 

This means nothing to me

She’s always her best

Wrapped around me a blanket

The flames of lights on her crown

Guide the longboat’s journey

I am small and invisible 

As I roam the grain

Under the feet of the men

Who pay me no heed 

I am a mouse on the sea

Disappearing and free

Each night on the deck

The wind I will be

Into Your Lover’s Arms

Your lovers arms are a phantom shadow

As you cross the bridge 

Cold wind’s caressing needles

Through gaps in your jacket 

Wrapping you up so alone

Nothing will do you harm

Only the whispering sorrows

Beneath the humming drone 

In your ears as you trudge 

Over fallen leaves greyed by winter’s breath

And wet from the rains