you look forward
I search back
brothers centuries apart
inspired by Dominic
you look forward
I search back
brothers centuries apart
inspired by Dominic
world stop turning
every day the morning sun lips the far horizon
and the ever-present present stretches to the future
looking to the sunset
soft hand on strong shoulder
waiting for the night
and then the new beginning
Sunrise there, way over there,
Way over beyond where the earth bends its shoulder
To see where the morning might come from
Sunrise that colour, the colour of that flower,
That flower, oh you know it,
That flower whose heads hang on the sunken green footways
Where carts used to trundle
And the cumulonimbus, the clouds that a child drew,
The clouds of a fluffy-inked ankle tattoo,
They now frame the distance of soon silver linings
And the sunrise lightens my darkness.
moon backlights all monochrome
from the past the future looms
too many tomorrows
never arrive
too many tomorrows
for the rest of our lives
too many tomorrows
that should be today
too many tomorrows
when I do not dare say
the rains grow our children
green and tall
as the green grain in springtime
our children grow
all fated to greatness
let the rains fall
let the rains grow our children
the sun is paler than the milky sky
the winter east wind cuts faces deep
empty grey days stretch out ahead of us
empty days stretch out grey ahead of us
today the sun is shining
and today that is important
today the birds are singing
and today that is important
today there are children laughing
and today that is important
we never know when the world may fall
or our world may fall apart
but if there is sun and song and children laughing
I know there will always be hope
For Giò, 1959-2020
however we try
the wolf in our heart
chooses the path
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