Bleed

I see a thousand shades of flesh
Wrapped in fibres East and West
Eyes and lips of painted fractals
Tattooed necks and booted ankles
All alighting and embarking
Eros loitering and stalking

Where did all the unfeigned words go?
True meaning mined - now life subsides
How will any divine light flow?
When wicks of faith fade into charcoal

Please
Bleed your living sacred ink
Be this city’s script and author

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Terminal

Terminal distractions
Infinite refractions
The rattle and hum
Of blunt elbows
And sharp voices
You are here
In flowing robes of steel and glass
Through a million graffiti glories
Your tear-stained cheeks
Still smile
Always hoping
Ever loving
Your city and mine

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Longing

This great plain
Was loved by your eye
Before any tower of Babel pierced its skies

Now through every circle
Of sun and moon
Your miracle newness
Longs for birth
In every passing headlight
In every neon cipher

The tribes are here
Gathered from the nations
Yet so colour-blinded
Scarred faces hide your family likeness

But through every crack
Of street and window
Your amazing grace
Longs to rest
On every daughter of this city
On every urban son.

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