Platonic Love

The energy of the spirits around me

I can sense you

Through the sound of your hands

Moving magnificently

Across your keys

Tinkling finger tips

These celibate moments

With my white scarf

Covering my eyes

Howling at the moon

For you

My dear Bear

As you progress

Through this last

Withdrawal

Of poisoned

Man-made tincture

Don’t forget

Why I found you

There in the garden

Reciting Shakespeare’s

Poetic Lines

Reeling them off

From your powerful memory

I found myself falling

and said

‘I can see

how someone could

fall in love with you’

Not realising

I was transcending time

Distracted by spirits

From past

And future

Whispering wisdom

And forgotten scriptures

A modern diagnosis

of ADHD

Where it takes me

Everywhere, anywhere

Always finding it hard

To keep my feet on

The ground

That trumpet

Haunts me

Alas

The pain of Sala

Reminds me of

Galloping across the desert

In my turban

And lithe

Feminine but

Masculine physique

Persia

Why do you keep

Bringing me back to that life?

Endless Arabian sand

The hidden corridors

of that Palace

I remember so well

So as I move my hands

Through the ocean

of Time

Reminiscing

My movement

And all only their

Eyes

Visible to me

Masks of metal

Intricate detail

Hand sewn

Keeping it a secret

As to who I am

So back to now

This celibacy

Has me travelling

Astrally

Through the windows

of this universe

Across another

Far off galaxy

The dawn of truth

Mirrors Mercury

Winding down the visceral

Visions

of Today

Do you remember tomorrow

like yesterday?

I see you suspended

In opal blue

Drumming in your

Twenties

Through the years

At Guildhall

Your entire life

And lives

Pass before me

Telling me your truth

The answers are always

Written in your hands

With the Gods

Aphrodite

Channelling energy

From frenetic youth

There’s proof

In your moonlit soul

Passing the plectrum

Of guitar strings

Back to your wrists

and knees

Healing

For you to tap that pedal

And shake your percussion

Instruments

Do you know how quick

a drummer’s brain is?

Doing multiple movements

all at once

Calming your nervous system

To peaceful equilibrium