Sang Leonard Cohen.

Bruce speaks of the long gray night
Like the gray havens

I pray for this
And soul savin'

Please peace within
And for my friend Mark

Hope and courage
In a time of dark

For my country
For all ordinary

Protection please
Mother Mary

        Amen.

When I was a child,
I was taught poetry wasn't mild,
It was deep as the sea,
And it seemed truly unachievable for me.
I was taught poetry had to rhyme,
Every single line, every single time.
So poetry seemed out of my reach,
Like chasing a seagull down a beach,
Jumping ever so slightly away,
Or soaring into the sunny day.

So I never thrived for what I thought would,
No, Could
Never be.

I guess now I'm fixing the mistakes of past me.

I stole her laughter,
She doubled  it,
I stole her happiness,
She doubled it,
And offered to double her pain and sorrow,
I ran away.
18/10/2020.

The breeze between my fingers holds me
Exactly where I need to be
Far
And for a moment found
Indefinitely
Connected there
Almost lovingly with
The soundless trees
Which have whispered fair
Next to nothing's for all eternity