Seduction of Normality - Spoken Word

Alone on the edge looking in
I paint the earth with words;
a muted palette of greys and blue
that skim the surface
echoing across the vast expanse.

The world it seems is diving with the fish
drunk on the ocean of hours
mesmerised by the waves of fear.
A seduction by the promise of eternal depth;
a depth that flat-lined in its own reflection.

But I, I wish to swim with the birds in the clouds
to become part of the silence
to take flight from the ashes of shattered dreams
with wings kissed by the suns first blush.
Where the voice of the breeze speaks to my soul;
the wind sensuously lifts me up in its soft embrace.

It is addictive to breathe the wild air and not drown 
in a blue lagoon of normality.
To sip champagne with the moon and watch
ivory silks dance in ebony seas.
To pity all those that can only dream in
colours stolen from the horizon...

I am that sky, that sunset; and 
that storm you can never catch.
And, although I feel your scorn and 
your unanswered eyes rips petals from my rose
I will taste happiness for a few fleeting moments
that will melt time on my lips.

While the world sinks into the inky abyss beneath
I'll wear your scattered pearls around my neck; and
write letters from stardust to post to the infinite sky.