How do I know you are gone?
The basil is flowering.
Poetry?
the colour of the sand
the colour of the sand beneath the water
as the sunbeam splits and rainbow lights
the colour of the free-seen sky
and that imagined behind the single cloud
the colour of wishes and desire
I cannot fill my heart with words
I cannot fill my heart with words
but still I try
I’ll take the shadows
I’ll take the shadows.
They are only possible
because your love shines bright.
angels do not eat
angels do not eat
their lips for trumpets made
their whitest teeth a forgiving smile
their throats for His almighty fire
workers, flesh men and women,
need to eat for fuel and joy
food brings heat and sleep and sweat
preventing spirits fade
do not pay heroes with silver wings
though in our hearts they fly
do not pay with hands and drums
though our hearts beat because of them
pay what is right, pay what is just
do it while we still have time
you at the beginning
you
at the beginning
at the end
you
Stones fall
stones fall in rivers to her leather-strapped feet
thunder from earth and far beyond sky
she weeps, coughs, as dust grits her teeth
faces the eastern hill and sees the sun rise
Fresh green against impossible blue
Birdsong loud in crystal air
Spring bursts through unfurling leaves
Hope and glory
Hope and you
World shaped by windows
world shaped by windows
sun cloud street dog daffodil
loose ideas soon framed
Normal emotional responses on hold
I tried to storm out
forgetting the quarantine
I felt such a fool
