I find the retail-driven Halloween
rather tacky, sanitised and artificial
whereas All Hallows Eve should really be
eerie, mysterious, dark and disturbing.
But I do have a soft spot
for witches.

Narrow streets
and wandering alleys
welcoming sign
at the Mermaid inn
high on wine
and history
and night falling
and imagining you
your beauty
your body
and skin

(Ph by me - Rye)

Landed in Naples
in a thunderstorm
rain soaked and dark
Sulking clouds
began to smile
and the afternoon
was lifted by light

Finding myself
in Northumberland
lost among the trees
seeking myths
and legends
your silent spirit
guiding me

(Ph by me today)

Light and shade
night and day
yet you and I
we burn bright
and never fade

Photo by me tonight, Valldemossa

There are many
secret rooms
inside my soul.
Your beauty
lives in them all.

Ph by me yesterday in Palma

I have sailed
beneath your blue skies
I have become lost
in your dark eyes
I would know you
in every lifetime

Ph by me today
Port de Soller

I dream of the sea
the roar and rush
the green and blue
the salt and spray
and me
with you

© Photo by Thomas Reich

I dance
when I'm cooking
in the kitchen
sipping wine
channeling Jagger
in his prime

Home for days now
but my soul
still in the mountains

(Photo by me, last Friday)

Infinite
reflections
in the mountains

(Ph by me)