there is so much
still
so much
if you hold my hand
we can learn together
there is so much
still
so much
if you hold my hand
we can learn together
in your eyes
I see stars
in the skies
triumphant
all obstacles overcome
joy passion overflowing
but on the mountain
we have no name
Calum always put in an extra full stop. Or other punctuation so that his work was. Deliberately not perfect sometimes. He exaggerated.
five sunflowers in a lemon-yellow vase
cat tiger-striped on the rug in the sun
Sunday afternoon is easy
My dashboard lit up
like a Christmas tree roadside
when my mechanic arrived.
silent sprung stillness
until the inevitable strike
vain struggle soon over
dinosaur feather-disguised
we flourished in the sun
harvesting one another’s flowers
and now we feed tomorrow’s fields
some hide smiles
some hide eyes
many tiny invisible lies