[in blue grass]

in blue grass

 

 

in blue grass i hear your

name whispered in the

secret inflections of

languages yet unlearnt.

 

in blue grass you are

the passing of day and night,

the surprise of cloud and shadow,

the motion of light in water.

 

time has marked you as

she has marked me,

we two harried and hectored,

that arrow begun her downward curve.

 

in blue grass run

these walls your bones,

these rivers your blood,

these hills your body.

•

i have forgotten myself among the

great grey towers of

cities and the streets and the

press of blank faces.

 

i have forgotten myself

in that place of dust,

have loosed my soul into

vanity and empty promise.

 

I have forgotten myself and

the custom of my youth,

my arrogant ways and

my foolish passions.

 

i am called home now by

that which I cannot face:

my mother is dying,

settling up accounts.

•

you are there one day,

family of sorts,

sharing this thing that

courses beneath our flesh.

 

a phantom, you

who stayed and whose

courage far outpaced mine,

even as I thought myself your better.

 

in blue grass you dance the

ancient dance of harvest, hunt and hearth,

casting life to ground

even as you pluck life from it.

 

we speak to each other

those mumbling things of

desire and wish and dream,

are become doer and deed.

•

in blue grass i feel the touch

of your eyes, lips, fingers,

the touch of memory,

of the past that could have been.

 

in blue grass i

lay with you and we are

become those walls, those rivers, those hills,

knit close and closer still.

 

In the secret hollows

of your stalwart body

i lose myself and am

found again.

 

in blue grass you have

come to me,

my salvation and

my redemption.

 

[Whereabouts of Chrysoprase?]

Hello, all ...

I'm just now seeing this post; many apologies for a very belated response.

I haven't had an account with GA for quite some time; a difference of opinion on certain matters came between us. I do have some stories over on IOMFATS under the "Joe Casey" author name, if anyone is interested.

I do have many of those stories that were once posted to GA; I can post them here for those who still wish to read them.

Now I'm just trying to figure out the Wattpad reference; to the best of my knowledge, I never posted any of my work there.  Which leaves the questions - who did?

Many thanks -

Joe

[Summer World by chrysoprase]

It's strange to see this seven years after it was posted, but I've only just come across this post.

Firstly, a very belated thanks to all of you for the praise; the story was an interesting exercise and one that I enjoyed.

If anyone is at all still interested in reading the story, it is now hosted at IOMFATS - with the same title - under the "Joe Casey" author name, along with other stories. Some of the story's formatting got lost in translation, however ... so be patient. Here's the link:

https://iomfats.org/storyshelf/hosted/joe-casey/shorts/summer-world.html

I no longer have an account with Gay Authors.

Again - many, many thanks!

Joe