John D Robinson’s 7th book

Is now available and can be ordered online through Amazon or through any of the High street book stores.

 

 I Draw From You

(With Love for my wife, Carmelina)

I draw from you the infinity

 Of cremated roses

& the reign of marvelous lakes

That spiral across

The ridges of a green leaf

I draw from you a voice

Of such elegance that

The holiest of prayers

Become shy of exposure

I draw from you the

Simplistic wisdom of a

Thousand fairy-tales & the

Exuberant joy of a thousand

Simultaneous smiles of friendship

I draw from you a flowering of

Childhood and a sound

So subtle that only secrets can hear

I draw from you the soft-winged

Erosion of evil & the

Tender flames that lick the wounds of all

Who have suffered

I draw from you the message of comfort

&the hushed dressage of

Sleep that moves like a

Soft blue through rooms of loneliness

I draw from you the strength

to recognize each moment is perfection & to know that the earth revolves safely in your hands

I draw from you Life itself, Beginning to end,

Love itself

That’s what I draw from you.

When

 

Remember as we could

The cool touch of dew

Saturated apples

 

Dangling like green

Moons before us,

Swaying gently as

 

Chinese lanterns hanging

From a small vessel

Moving slowly up stream.