He does his yoga, straining up, 

She speaks to students, gives advice,

(One hand clasps the telephone...

‍

The winter afternoon’s dim 

Dimmer still the light through the pub window

Under which two wan people sit...

Elliot and Amanda 

Once long ago

We nearly played them

They said “no”...

Summer’s last day it might be said

Holidays end, soon schools return

Then for another spring we yearn...

How much my love for you has cost me dear

For love I have surrendered loneliness

The choice of life bereft of cheer...

As fast as the day’s go down

The night lights up to newer love

The stars shine on no truer love

‍

The Dalai Lama speaks to me:

“You need Nirvana – Freedom, see?

No longer one...

This the train then, this the seat

Which will carry, which will bear

A tired, loving, longing Pete...

Lights everywhere – long lights along a road.

Gold globes around a common estate 

Small lights in high rise flats....

I hurt my heart in hurting you

It goes both ways I guess

Two hearts are wounded but it’s true...