MARK ANDREW HEATHCOTE

 

With A Little Midnight Faith

I need to find you and love you.

With a little midnight faith

It doesn't matter how late it's getting.

As long as at some point in the future

There is the possibility of a future.

A friendship and maybe even a wedding


I need to know you're with me.

And I am not just dreaming.

I need to know the sun is rising.

And it isn't just a setting.


As long as at some point somewhere within

There's a tingling, a yearning.

To go heavy on the drums, the violins

The fanfare, the fireworks

And still find a harmony

I'll stay holding your hand.

I'll stay with you always.


If you have the same faith in me

We'll share this bond forever.

This love decree, darling, don't you agree with me?

Unapologetically.


With a little midnight faith

We'll catch aeroplanes across the skies.

And fly through the dappled light.


Linking up the stars between us

Turning night into daylight.

We'll sail across far distant seas.


And everything will be like paradise.

Without fear of damaging or tearing up our eyes.

With a little midnight faith,

You'll one day be my future, my life, my wife


Dual Seas

The fate of love or friendship

Resides in the push and shove

Of dual seas, calm then gruff

At times cruelly demented.

Two shores weathered by love

Fall apart – drift apart unexpectedly.

 

Ricocheted by oceanic waters

They batten down loose sails,

Go down below to the ship's quarters.

 

Charting for calmer, bluer waves

They lock down all hatches.

Dreaming of sunnier promenades

 

Not lashed by sand, high wind

Just interlocking fingers, balustrades

Twigs of tamarisk intertwined.

MARK ANDREW HEATHCOTE

MARK ANDREW HEATHCOTE is an adult learning difficulties support worker. His poems have been published in journals, magazines, and anthologies online and in print. He is from Manchester and resides in the UK. Mark is the author of “In Perpetuity” and “Back on Earth,” two books of poems published by Creative Talents Unleashed.