Imaginary Garden With Real Toads--dVerse Poets Pub
On a sun-splashed day
in a desert
where the Horse With No Name
made his claim to fame
With spring making overtures
like a punch-drunk lover
I saw her
in my mind's eye
I heard her
in my mind's ear
I contemplated her
in my mind's belly button
Behold The Vagabond Princess
electric rays sparking
from the tips of her golden hair
she's been there
and back
on a beach with some name
And all because sunshine came
softly through her window that day
Swaying to the beat
of a distant drummer
her gaze is locked on summer
A painted man
walks down the street
blowing bubbles out his ears
How does he do that?
The world is a wondrous
and magical place to be...
The answer blowing
in the tail winds
that are bringing her to me
On a sun-splashed day
in a desert
where The Horse With No Name
made his claim to fame
With spring making overtures
like a punch-drunk lover
I saw her
in my mind's eye
I heard her
in my mind's ear
I contemplated her
in my mind's belly button
Behold The Vagabond Princess
electric rays sparking
from the tips of her golden hair
she's been there
and back
on a beach with some name
And all because sunshine came
softly through her window that day
Swaying to the beat
of a distant drummer
her gaze is locked on summer
A painted man
walks down the street
blowing bubbles out his ears
How does he do that?
The world is a wondrous
and magical place to be...
The answer blowing
in the tail winds
that are bringing her to me
this ole place has done
'bout all the damage
it can do to me
at long last
the ghosts of
3 dogs
4 cats
and 1 woman
are all that's gonna
skulk around here
in the quiet of the moon
one disappeared into
the desert
and one languished too long
but most I put down
when their time was at hand
'cept for the woman
who also languished too long
and then disappeared into
the desert
years gone like they
were just passin' through
nomads
on the way
to a bigger watering hole
but those sunny days
that wash over you like
the womb
create a deceptively cheery glow
bidding you to second guess
your feelings
each step of the way
and so today
I locked 'er up
and turned the key
there was a spider
restin' bold
and pretty
on the middle of the door
and I smiled
and said
go in peace
my brother
