How Repeat

(By Gub)

How repeat
that refrain ?
what life begins

will start again

The solitary coffee
Beneath the rain
Dropped
glass
Of the café windowpane

The glance
Aside
To the girl
With the cigarette stained
Ring Finger
And a
Smile
That aches with a thousand
Refusals

Too shy
Too vain
To sustain
A yes

If you could but love,
Me
What impediment would
There
Be…
To embrace

Well, earth turns
Sky blue
Clouds churn
Lights burn
Sea open

White crest cave
Gannets dive
Sun soak haze

Kiss this bloody horizon
Kiss the pass
Between heaven
Between sweet sweet
Earth, pitiful place,
Humane
The want, the need

For the new to start
And the old to stop

Twist, tuck, and fold
– here is the mark,
The captive sign, the cracked smile
The over-sold grin…
Life is a dream
And dream a lie
A touched
Reality that crumples
With wholeness and
Yet defines a universe

Everything
A thing to breathe
To behold

To clasp for a second
Love in a café
Sold
Every child
Reared, raised,
A subject for praise

What flaws
Are found
Define the maze
Contradictions
Unravelled once
Again
Forgotten
moment of
Love, lust or simple
Craze
That thrust each being
Into shape

The brown-eyed glance
Across the table
The energy
Surfed
Tubular
Wave

Utter
Worship
Passion
Male adulation
Unstoppable
praise
Want
The want

Love is 

A green painted gable
A flaked gold leaf
Hugging a precious
Book
Words promised
Unspoken
Poignant
Future
Intuited
Step
Together
Hold
Hands
Touch

Is enough
Life force
Broken
tears
The corrupted
kiss
Love’s abuse
Innocence

Dies
Yes
But for
A greater beauty
Experienced
Love
Strength wounded

Has no greater match.