The Hair Of The Hound Mark

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First published in Great Britain by Kindlight 2010

Copyright ©Mark Binmore 2010

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The Hair Of The Hound is a collection of words written over the years.

The Chill And Lemony Sun

The soft rains of April

heaven's tear must be a pear

That pastel green which holds nuances of lovely rue that odd quivering quintessence of a pear

It’s late in the fall

The leaves descend, auburn hairs falling from autumn's nodding just a melancholy bliss

A child blows desire from a downy dandelion gone to seed

The wind whistles sadly across the grey sky

Like half an eggshell cupped in divine hands

And all the others

all the others

The fields and fields of spun silver endless ghostly, full of sorrow with a thousand forsaken wishes floating on the wind

There are combs of ice in the dark river

Icicles, long fingers, lacement, and glissades of creaminess

I watched the combs of ice come floating from the banks

They are like lilies launched like pure white cups, sweet sailing vessels as innocent, they give themselves like gifts

Calm floating circles on the sloughing water the gift of poems, drifting towards spring

In the open there are endless fields of flowers of poppy and snapdragon, hollyhock and rose

The dead pass silently there, as if dreaming

fingers pressed to lips

Wandering through endless fields of poppy and snapdragon perfumed with forgetfulness

And so beauty passed through the dead like water, through a sieve a brilliant blast of turning leaves gold and crimson bursts with wind and whimsy they find my path and fall with grace and sacrifice

And in the corner by the bed where broken dreams fall wispy webs of sorrow gather

I wipe away the remnants and chase away the dust but without you what else matters

The chill and lemony sun cast over the serpentine waters all glittering in scarves of murky topaz green

And I look over them

with secret nostalgia and a kind of private pleasure and pain

I wonder how long that will last Spring is setting in and the train-tracks catch the azure sky as they wind away from here

A sky of such clarity and such depth

it's euphonious blue of luminous intensity

Words thrown like kites in sensuous immensity the poetry of life for its own sake

I Breathe Shallow Deep Inside Of Me

I breathe shallow deep inside of me

I see the cracked dusty surface of your bedroom floor

The stained dry sun bleached plain that begs for more we drift in and out of conscious conversation

From your window I can see the musty dusty green hills the fake pictures that hang on the walls

The dust that trickles out into the hall

prophetic words in your diaries all speak of isolation

Always forever

never want to be

I breathe shallow deep inside of me

In white pregnant layers of linen clouds we hide inside until the light trickles away

To you we may be stillborn until a new day brings faded glimmers of lavender truth

Always forever

never want to be

I breathe shallow deep inside of me

I see the cracked dusty surface of your bedroom floor

The stained dry sun bleached plain that begs for conversation we drift in and out of conscious conversation

We learn to live with many faces

It can be hard to end up in all the wrong places

Always forever, I never want to be

I breathe shallow deep inside of me

Out Of The Storm

Where do we go?

if there is no dream

Where is our home?

we don't know how

There must be a way out of the storm to find our way home

And my soul will come with me

But my body left behind

And my face long ago lost

Another day another love

the truth lies deep inside me somewhere

And the stars look down upon me as darkness settles on my skin

It is time no one can know no one can see ahead but we hope and we pray

We come out of the storm to paradise to love

And her soul comes with me

An army of hate left behind And my face long ago lost

Another day another love

The truth lies deep inside me somewhere

Aerial

Sunday morning again

The birds start their songs here so far from my home

their melodies sound sadder than I remember

They feel the fall coming their leaving has begun

But why do they sing so early?

and why do I wake?

What am I hoping to hear as I lie here alone?

And when the silence begins again in this near light

do you draw me in as though I am still there?

Do you think you can smell the heat of the sun on my hair?

The heat from yesterday

the heat of yesterday

Bittersweet the vines that grow

bittersweet I found yesterday

At the old graveyard growing near the old fence

twinning up, the berries not yet orange

bittersweet to remind me

And now it is Sunday morning again

I

wake with my pillow damp from tears

In my dreams I could not spell even the simplest words

my hands could not hold the pen or touch the keys

Now, in this silence I only hear my own heart beating

I listen so closely to see if maybe it has broken

But why do the birds sing so early?

And why do I wake?

What am I hoping to hear as I lie here alone?

And when the silence begins again in this near light

Do you draw me in as though I am still there?

Do you think you can smell the heat of the sun on my hair? The heat from yesterday the heat of yesterday

The Hair Of The Hound

Crisp white linen bed sheets are the canvas for my dreams

I'd lay awake and wonder what tomorrow brings

The sweet-oil lanterns flickered painting dancers on the wall

the darker shades of evening are some things that I recall

Wafting from the kitchen was the smell of sassafras

it mingled with the redolence of fresh mown dew soaked grass

I know those days are over, but the memory is so clear the love and the hair of the hound are things I hold dear

Until today I dreamt in colour of crinkled velvet crimson flowing, of regal draping purple silk of brocade textures, of golden glint

Now I will dream in black and grey, of sepia and umber shades and of how they buried you today

I know those days are over, but the memory is so clear the love and the hair of the hound are things I hold dear

Why Should I Love You?

Another chapters ending so let’s put this book out of my mind

The pain will go

the tears will go just give it time

Are you remembering?

like the final chapter

how we should forget

You should not speak about it

you should not believe in it

you know this love is sometimes forbidden

But of all the people in this world

why should I love you?

There is something about you there's just something about you

But of all the people in this world

why should I love you?

If I could sing like a blackbird

just like my heart was filled with summer

But of all the people in this world

why should I love you?

Did you ever see that picture of us laughing

and did you think it was the most beautiful thing

A smile that healed

a smile that took you home

Who can help us now?

who has the time to sort this out?

But of all the people in this world

why should I love you?

If I could sing like a blackbird

just like my heart was filled with summer

But of all the people in this world

why should I love you?

The silver threads of the past

the purest gold

The red of a sacred heart

the blue of the coast

The lips of a secret lover

the L of love

the O of the host

the V of the velvet

the E of my eye

This eye is closing

this eye catches the most

The eye of a scared ghost

this eye does weep

If I could sing like a blackbird

just like my heart was filled with summer

But of all the people in this world

why should I love you?

Out There. Somewhere

The moon and the stars are shining they are shining to guide us

Wherever you are wherever you may be I will always be there

And all the world can disappear around us we will discover our dreams out there somewhere

Invisible is night and the sun of tomorrow will discover us

My mind is racing there is no doubt in my mind

And all the world can disappear around us we will discover our dreams out there somewhere

And all the world can disappear around us we will discover our dreams out there somewhere

Into The Sunset

Lie down

hush

lay down your sweet and weary head

Night is falling

you have come to a journeys end

And I am here

I am here for you

Sleep now and dream of beautiful sweet things they are calling they are waiting

Across the water and into the sunset

Why do you weep as you sleep?

What is going through your mind?

Hush

lay still

I am still here

I will always be here

All of these tears and fears will pass as I hold you safe in my arms

It's only sleep, 'tis only a dream

What can you seen across the water and into the sunset?

is it out there on the horizon?

And a long way from the shore far across the sea

the amber moon will rise

And the long ships have come to carry you home to carry you back to me

Hope is fading into a twilight world into the world of night and shadows that fall Out from the memory of trees and days without rain the captain is calling you and I will meet again But you are still here still sleeping in my arms

Just sleeping

What can you seen across the water and into the sunset? is it out there on the horizon?

And a long way from the shore far across the sea the amber moon will rise

And the long ships have come to carry you home to carry you back to me And all will turn to dust from a light on the water the long ships pass into the sunset

The Gift

Think of me

fondly

Remember when we said goodbye remember me

Sometimes please promise me you will try

When you find the gift you gave me

I long to take back your heart

Be free

and if you ever find a moment this moment promise me a thought

For now we never said one love was forever Unchanging deceiving like the sea

But if if you can still remember stop and think of me

Dark And Silver Stars

Darling don't you understand

there is something new to believe

My life is full of silence

it's getting hard to breathe

Take away this secret pain set me free

Take away my lying shame

I never meant to be like this

I never meant to be like this

For we have fallen

to face the truth about love

And we have tumbled from our trees

tumbled from our trees

tumbled to face love

And I can almost

I can almost feel the rain falling don't you know it feels so good it feels so good

So let's go out walking in the rain again just like we said we always would just like you always said

Sweetheart

the day has ended

dark and silver stars shine above our heads

silver tears shine on an ageless sky

So wipe your tears

there's nothing left to cry for I have no tears left to give they have all run dry all run dry

Darling take me to bed

that's where all our thoughts and prayers are said

Falling asleep in the night

our dreams take flight we let them go we let them go

Baby send me to sleep

I thank you for keeping me strong Take our fears it's you I belong let all this pain go by and let it all go all gone by

Watermark

You know when you give your love away it can open your heart to discover everything is brand new

And you know time will always find a way to let your heart believe what is true

You know love is everything you say a whisper, or just a word the promises you give

You feel it in the sunlight of the day you know this is the way love is Just a watermark of love it will find a way to you

Love is love is love is just a watermark

You know love can sometimes make you cry so let the tears flow they will wash away

for you know love will always let you fly

So let your heart fly high just a watermark of love it will find a way to you

Love is love is love is just a watermark

Just a watermark of love

it will find a way to you

Love is love is love is just a watermark

You know when love is still and shining in your eyes it may be the stars falling from skies above And you know love is with you when you rise for night and day this watermark belongs to love

In A Room

There's a place back home that's covered in net white torn fishermen net And in the half light in the half light of the moonlight it looks like a tombstone covered in web Moving sinking gleaming it's a spiders web

The past hurt of time is wading past over the storm there were hundreds of people living here there were plenty of good times to be had but the planes came crashing down And many a pilot drowned and the painter painting the picture went the canvas started to fade

What do you feel?

I can recall my grandmother and her tall green glass it used to hold her memories

I can still see her dancing

I can see hear her singing

I hear her laughing

She is standing in the kitchen

she is looking back at me

She comes back to me in dreams see it fall see it fall

Watch how the spider climbs out of the fishermen net and the dust will shine for a while

In a house full of silence in a room filled with laughter

Frost at the window

a sadness of time

the canvas started to fade

What do you feel?

A Deal With God

Come close to me come across the bridge

I'm running out of reasons so let me make this deal with God

I want to smell the salt of the sea as its washes back to shore

I want to think that one day you will come back

I want to dedicate a song to you

I need to bring your sweet tenderness to me

But every time I try to write nothing springs to mind

And every time I sit down and write there is only one word that I can find runaway

I'm running out reasons why I should stay turn away

I'm running out of reasons but that's okay it's okay

Come close to me come across the bridge

I need to walk by the shore

You never really did understand me you never really tried

But every time I try to write nothing springs to mind

And every time I sit down and write

There is only one word that I can find runaway

I'm running out reasons why I should stay turn away

I'm running out of reasons but that's okay

Someone once asked if there was so much hate to love? It don't matter it works for me

It’s you and me baby You me and this deal with God against the world all night long

Come close to me come across the bridge

All I wanna do is say it for you

From The Depths

There are ghosts streaming in the air in vaporous, sulphurous sheets

An inescapable stench of the dead also set free

Oblivious, oblivious and blind as she

She can hardly see them wisdom hastens away from her Narration scampers and scurries abandons her

If this is what it requires if this is the price paid

Monstrous flaming God

mysterious intensity

Flame tongue

speechless utterly unfathomed beast

The claws of leaden dread that prelude death

And afterwards the stomach is relief

The endless, endless darkness of the tooth womb can never hurt

Not Just A Summer

I don't have to say a word to you you always seem to know whatever phase I may be going through I feel as though I have known you forever

You

you always look into my eyes and see the way I feel the way I think and see the things that make me smile

The world maybe treating me bad but I have known you forever

Mon amour un vrai means you'll always be my love

Ne marchez pas loin says please do not go far

We were friends for a long time before we became lovers not just a summer or a spring

Mon amour un vrai

I feel you near me even whenever we are apart just knowing you are close to me can cherish my cold, cold heart

We were friends for a long time before we became lovers not just a summer or a spring

Mon amour un vrai

We share intimate memories

times I will never forget and we can share even more

The day has not started yet but something will happen

it always happens when we are together

When I look at you, I always wonder why there has to come a time when we must say goodbye

Mon amour un vrai means you'll always be my love

Ne marchez pas loin says please do not go far

We were friends for a long time before we became lovers not just a summer or a spring

Mon amour un vrai

I feel you near me even whenever we are apart just knowing you are close to me can cherish my cold, cold heart

We were friends for a long time before we became lovers. not just a summer or a spring

Mon amour un vrai

A Sea Of Honey

Foolish are those who don't understand a story or a legend of the boatmen conjured to the moon until sunrise

You, you have your man of dark Moroccan skin from heaven shines the fullest of moons onto a sea of honey But in return I want love

just one simple word

The night falls and there is silence the darkness breathes quietly just the moon will be awake shining on a sea of honey

It will cover us with silver it will cover us with stars

It will shine from the great sky of honey just the moon will keep us awake

And under the coming storm clouds of the night I walk towards the clearing

A Sky Of Honey

Ebb and flow

high and low

My cup is spilling over

Joy and pain

the garden needs a little rain

so don't worry, up and down all around

To and fro

high and low

Step on a crack

break your lovers back

This bitter memory, it always repeats itself

I am never going back

I stand against the wall

it came tumbling down

And out of it all nothing really matters

most of all to me will fall on deaf ears

It seems like only yesterday we had a little rain

Simple

these are only words they come easy

Does it matter not to see the big picture?

this is what counts as perspective rules

mellifluous words unheard is the truth

With the turn of my head mere eons blur by as I steep my stare into an infinite sky of honey

By day what you see as the truth and the light

eclipses to nil with the onset of night

It is then that the world is evermore clear darkness blots out distortions so near For then I can see forever it seems the cavern of darkness is waiting for dreams

Time is on my side to side with the winner take all you want from me for my heart shall not wither On the vine the grapes are bitter sweet is my revenge

Honey in between the love and lust

Somewhere in maroon and rust a song of colour at summer's dusk like Phoenix rising from the dust

A blackbird sings a song tonight sing about a glorious flight

A universal song of light of peace and joy and pure delight

Harem

Desert

burning sands

the winds of desire

I walk through the oasis as above shines a burning sun

Within my heart

alone

I feel I have come home

Welcome to my Arabian heart

my deep heart desires

Sleep under the stars

I lie and whisper the echoes of my soul

I hold your Eastern promise close to my heart

Welcome to my Arabian heart

This is a time for change

this is the right time to change

None one can escape the passing sands of time

I hold your Eastern promise close to my heart

I welcome you to my Arabian heart

ending where we start

Don't you forget the echoes of time

don't you regret the losing of my mind

In my dreams I am searching

and in my dreams I am running across the desert sands for you

The moon is guiding me close to your side

Another voyage

another time

I escape from desert to another wilderness

I travelled from afar on the soft wind of the Nadq

I smell the deep fragrance of Araar

My love is so pure

my rage is so fierce hold still my beating heart on this voyage in time

Another promise

so should I return to trace the shadows of my dreams?

My steps will echo there from sand to stone

I will never let my eyelids close on these empty spaces

My dreams will fill the void with tales unknown

Sincere Tales

Arabian tales

I stand at the shore and stare across the ocean

I imagine you are staring back the whispered road I take will never bend Alone

and will the wind return my story to its promise or will my story come to and end

You are my destination and my love is a traveller

Melodies unspoken flowing from the lotus of my heart ending where we start with promises unbroken

Promising a never-ending fire of love beyond desire ending where we start

We Found A Place

We place a found a place to hide

Some small peace of mind

heaven knows we tried

Lying on summer sand

the seductive sway

This was the way it used to be

Across the bay

another reason to see

We place a found a place to hide

Some small peace of mind

heaven knows we tried

So we walk down to the beach

a place where this strange affair all began

honeysuckle days and nights without sleep

We were lost on the beach

we place a found a place to hide

some small peace of mind

heaven knows we tried

The Lights

I love you in all your lights radiant sometimes often dark

I sing in starlit rooms moving slowly to all the songs that crowd into my mind

This is all so wonderful all so warm and magical as each moment suddenly sparkles and then grows tender like memory

Why can’t I become transparent like the wings you wear lost in the soft voices of dawn

Forgetting those pains that dwell remembering some greater joy that stills my soul and springs into my heart

Like all the good things that guide our dreams into daylight. How can I breathe the bliss that surround the empty night

How can I awaken the one who waits for time’s release?

Looking through the saffron sun

I feel the rush of innocence

And the child is born at midnight look to me and smile for all your hopes are realized

And the wind whistles our song and the rain plays our symphony Whilst the clear images of day become guardians of our sanity Wisdom is around and within sinking deep into our very souls And I love you more each second and I know I always will Know I always need to grow into the heart of your beauty

Wild Seed Stay

I say it again Stay as a friend

I know I can soothe away the daylight

But it’s the night that hurts the most Touch me feel my kiss like one did before No footprints linger on the morning dew so stay whatever you do

Do you see me in your sleep the dreams you are dreaming

Please wn be gentle on me there can be no other but doso deep you do see me

Do you know what to keep do you? So stay

Are you holding the key

or was it you that put a lock on my door?

Who was the person who sent you?

Are you as deep as the sea?

It may take a while to shelter me

I can hold you and watch your heart settle down This feels like home and yet

I am lost somehow God made you beautiful

I made you cry

So listen the sun in the horizon is going down you know what I mean there is not much time

Because you are the wild seed and this land like love is being farmed

You know I take good pride in what I could leave behind so stay

A Teardrop Of Silence

I look in your eyes

I smile you laugh

I see a little bit of heaven in you I run my fingers through your hair and touch the lines on your face

You smile

I think A teardrop of silence that floats in an ocean of blue

So let me have this final moment in memory of you

And will you still see me when I am lying under a summer sunny sky And will you still feel me when I reach out and think of you And when it's all over just let me have this final moment in memory of you

I think back to younger days and then I'll float back to this age in time

Of The Morning

The mist and the sun of the morning

the mist and the sun of the morning

it’s over

Is there anyone there now?

Is there anyone, please?

The mist and the sun of the morning

the fog awakes a new dawn

Anyone there now?

Is there anyone?

I need to come home

If only I had known

I am so alone

I am leaving today

My memories are back home with you

Well, they said it would not last

I guess they were true

Keep thinking back and how I miss you

The mist and the sun of the morning

the mist and the sun of the morning

It’s over