Hourglass

My vast horizon slowly shrinks

above the unseen thief

Built on sand my short life sinks

mere fleeting tenure's fief

Oh darling Clepsydra, don't cry

your lacrimae are mine

With every tear I slowly die

my ebbing hours now brine

Carpet Mites

Dessicated snowflakes drift so skeletal and wan

Ephemerally moulted veils fine-spun as faerie's yarn

Gloom's retreat crawls warmly swathed in sullied diamond dust

Thus cloaked, foul hordes elude our eyes and vehement disgust

Whaled Beach

A plain of broken bloodied teeth stretched out beside the dying sea

while foetid sewage gurgles over sand and bones uncertainly

The swollen beach obscenely skinned like some unearthly amputee

Mistletoe

Oaken parasite
Kiss me quick beneath the bough
On this New Year's night

Desert Grave

Disinterred dishonourably, from powdered soil's warm sleep

Fine stone-wrought words reduced to sand no longer make us weep

Earth cleaves and mummifies below her heavens' cloudless keep

Unforgivable

These eyes have seen ten summers pass
since last they saw your face
Now every morning's ruddy skies
light up a million dew-filled eyes
to watch my fall from grace

This mouth has breathed ten winters out
since last it spoke your name
Now every evening's cloud-scuffed snow
sets gloomy northern pines aglow
to heat my cheeks with shame

Lothario's Epistle

Beguiling silver tongue weaves pale and perfect lip-sung lover's letters

Parchment harp's stringed eloquence now bites with toothless velvet fetters

Flattery's exquisite chains make love's impulses willing debtors