Lullaby (Clarinet & Piano)

Lovers in the grass 

fingers clutching, heavy head cradled 
between the wings of shoulder blades
arms dangling angular entwined -

the light fades, the harbour diamonds dim
cockatoos screech, encircle the sky -

still they smile, dreamily

her head thrown back, eyes closed
lustrous silk laid black across 
an open throat -

hand hot over her eyes, he pulls her in 

eyes now locked, bodies bound - 
world shimmers and dissolves
leaves this surrender, on the green.

They fall apart.
She sits up, pulls straight her shirt
Looks out to the sea.

He turns his head 
Notices me

(surreptitious in shame
and never more alone.)

© Zarina Braybrooke 2017

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Lovers in the grass

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Scar (The Words Unsaid)

Fourteen; First Love (Unrequited)

Cinnamon

Rag And Bone

the softness of his kiss

Unspoken

Somewhat Safer

Unmasked

The Happy Misanthrope

They Call It Jazz

Thoughts On Listening To Leonard Cohen's Final Work 
Thanks for the dance - a meditation, as one line poem 

free-falling 

through certainty 

borders blurred
in silence

young monk arises
shows his face 
to be a saint 

tarred black 

in sinner's countenance -

we turn a page

see infinity 

yawn...

Thanks For The Dance

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