just joining

a little tune to brighten your day http://www.youtube.com/user/anelephantcant#p/u/1/7uMhO-0feRg

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and then

artwork by phil burns and thensometimes you drive me crazyI start to think that maybe I’llbe better off without youI wonder is this all worthwhileit isn’t easy getting closewhen we have long lived single livesespecially when you and Ihave tongues like cold sharp kniveswe know just how to damagewith words fine laced like dirtwe probe to find the weak pointwe know exactly how to hurtand we have…

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somewhere anywhere

copyright c e ayr somewhere anywhereyou saidwith a laughlet’s gosomewhere anywherewe went to Scalpsie Baywhere the sealsfeeding in the cold dark waters of the Clydeclambered onto rocksjust to see you passand to Lighthouse Parkwhere the eagles and ravensswooping in from the Salish Seaor across from Vancouver Islandcried out from the treetopsin competition for your affectionand to the beach at…

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a life in the day

a life in the day

artwork by phil burns a life in the day this morningthe sun shoneand it was hot and lasted foreverbecause I had so much to dorunning learning and laughing this afternoonthere was a mixof blue sky and cloudsand the time flew bybecause I had so much to doworking wedding and children this eveningthe sky is overcastwith cold winds and some rainand time dragsbecause I have nothing to doand no one…

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if

copyright c e ayr ififyou were to walk the broad beachesbetween the rivers Ayr and Doonand farther to Greenan Castlegazing across the broad firthof the historic Clydetowards the the Isle of Arranwhere the Sleeping Warriorslumbers foreverin the rugged peaksand see before younot a single drop of wateroryou were to scan with anxious eyesthe cloudless night skydark as the heart of Mordorand see no…

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in dreams

artwork by phil burns in dreamsyou’re mine…when you smilerain clouds flee in dark shameto stumble in tearsover distant oceanswhen you touch my skinmy heart swellswith the valour of centuriesof Pictish – or painted – warriorswho inhabit my bloodwhen you breathe on my eyesI hear the tell-tale rattleof ancient dustescaping the tide of eternitywhen you areso am I… in beautiful dreams Click here to…

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silent smile

artwork by phil burns silent smileyou dancedand drifted into my lifelike a ghost with a silent smilegraceful and slightly amusedyou laughed at the obvious turmoilyou created in my heartand elsewhereyou asked me to make a love songso I wrote this one for youyou gently mocked methat the lyricsof my love song didn’t rhymeI said hey give me timethenlike a ghost with a silent smilegraceful and…

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vision

artwork by carolina sartor visionmore and more oftenas the years stumble pastI catch a glimpseof a flickerof a shadowjust outwith the rangeof my visionis it a memorymade realof someone long gonewhom once I lovedand still dotelling methat I tooam not forgottenor is it merelyfurther evidenceof a decaying bodyand fading eyesthat means the worldbecomes day by daymore hazymy belief is as…

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Scotland in November

copyright c e ayr Scotland in Novemberlooking backit seems quite obviouswe were doomedbefore we startedso very far apartculturally andgeographicallybut we had so muchtogetherlaughterand passionand all that loveso many great timesand those special momentsI’ll always rememberbut the passion fadedand the laughter diedand the lovejust wasn’t enoughto cross the distancesor hide the differences deep…

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I wrote a poem

I wrote a poem

copyright c e ayr* I wrote a poem I read a poem yesterdayit nearly broke my heartit spoke of lovers loved and lostthey lived too far apart I read a poem yesterdayit said she won’t live foreverbut she makes the world a better placeplease don’t let me outlive her I read a poem yesterdayit made me think of youwhen the colour of my world was goldbefore you turned it sad soft blue I read a poem…

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bouchon

artwork by phil burns bouchonI’m standing at a bus stoptwenty minutes from homethe reasons don’t matterno sign of scheduled servicealready long overduethe traffic is nose to nosemile after milebarely movingnothing happeningother than tempers risinglike the temperaturebecause mid-June at La Fouxnear St Tropezis blindingly hotthen overheadI see the swallowsin uncountable numbersswooping and…

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bird

copyright c e ayr birdwaves rumbleround the rocksin November sunshineI sitgazing at the Mediterraneanmy mindfar awayacross the planetor somewheredeep inside myselfwhen I seeoverheada solitary birda waterfowlperhapsa Canada Goosea memory stirsI start to smileandmy heart sings Click here to hear the poet read his words:https://ceayr.com/2022/07/10/bird/

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back to Glasgow

copyright c e ayr back to Glasgowas I walk the beachesof the Côte d’Azuror swim in the warmthof the Mediterraneanmy favourite of all seasmy thoughts still sometimessurprise me by driftingback to GlasgowI write every dayand most stories are situatedin Medville in the here and nowbut on occasionI base a story on my early daysand my mind wandersalmost unbiddenback to Glasgowso much of what I left…

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Shadow in the Mirror

Shadow in the Mirror

copyright c e ayr Shadow in the MirrorI glimpse the shadow in the mirroras soft and dark as midnight airmy eyes are slow to see the outlineof the space where once you wereyou took the sunshine when you left meI live now in constant chillI purged all trace of your existencebut your spirit lingers stillyour face still hides behind my eyelidsyour laughter echoes through my dreamsyou don’t fill my…

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leaving

copyright c e ayr leavingit’s still numpty o’clockas the plane clambers awkwardlyout of Edinburghthe sun creeps from the Forthwhere the river meets the North Seashowing the three great bridgesin silhouetteI smileknowing that this afternoonI’ll be home againin my own corner of Paradiseon the Côte d’Azurand my mind driftsback over the past weekthe highlight as alwayswas the day spent with my…

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the last time

copyright c e ayr I didn’t knowI didn’t knowit was the last timeI’d ever hold your handorI’d have clasped it longerand more consciouslyand treasured every touchI didn’t knowit was the last timeI’d ever hear you laughorI’d have tried harderto be funnyto prolong the musicI didn’t knowit was the last timeI’d ever see your smileorI’d have done moreto please youto bathe in its lightI didn’t knowit…

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the last time

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if I could

highland meadows by c e ayr if I couldif I could live my lifeagainthere are so many thingsI’d try to dodifferentlylike spend less timechasing rainbowsand morejust holding youlike stopsearching vast Highland meadowsfor a unicorn to rideand wandering round Scalpsie Bayseeking mermaidsto dance withI’d try to be with youloving the one personI should always have lovedinstead of letting you…

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