KARL DIETRICH

Poems by Karl Dietrich ©

Coloured in by Karl from a greylead stencil

captain for a kestrel

My star is just one more in the human sky
My address disappearing on the Freeway sign
Kidnapper of Tomorrow’s time
Running style in single file
Circle-steps return me to
My hopeless mind
The hurting…

I’m of the ruined kind.

But here I come and there I go.
Itineraries in which I could neither
Stop or stay. Resign or sit.

I’d pray for a place to fit.

Howl for a heart to whom I’d belong
And sing to the whole world
My only Love Song.

the leaving day

The leaving day was not so torturous in each degree

But departure’s harrowing sadness I would find in me

With a bursting heart that could not be heard

A racing head that could find no word.

No sound.

The only star I could feel leaks upon unproven ground.



I’d rise up crucified and make a shadow

And follow it,

Making itself into Night

Filling the numb crystal sky with the Darkest Light.

I’d save myself among the gums and pines

A moment safe among the smells and chirps of Wonder’s wild

In my gut – like Breath of Christ



Cast back to selfish streets

Convincing myself to care

And again, I seem to believe me

More often though I do not hear

I do not know

This state I’m in will not let me go

my lonely love

You’re the only one I want now

But I do not know my own name.

Hope we meet again some old day…

Don’t fear we don’t

We all arrive the same

With your trusted heart

I’ll meet all the ones between us

and be thinking about you.

All the wonder I learned from your generous care

In all those places I feel.

I’ll cry every time you’re not there.

by Karl Dietrich©