Sit And Talk And Fly

I talk to I, I talk to you

It is what we do, we do

First person, second or third

Flying as a bird

I sit with I, I sit with you

It’s simply what we choose to do

One person, or two, or three

As leaves on the purperley tree

You As You

I talk to the wind

The wind does not hear

The wind cannot hear

King Crimson I talk to the wind

Perhaps today we might share a conversation

As you warm me up

As you cool me down

As you sway the grasses

At my feet

To and fro, to and fro

What’s that you say

You have come a long way

And you have many miles still to go

Further than I might imagine you think

To places that I have not ever visited

And maybe not even dreamed of

I didn’t come here to talk with you

But that’s how it’s turned out

Have a nice day

Movement, Sound And Vision

The river, most probably

Came to the hillside

And thought it best to turn

The sheep have gone

During that one meditation

When we were told the rains are due

The tree on the horizon

With the silver skyline

Is gifted its own highlight

The sheep haven’t gone

I cannot see them

But I can hear them

Coupled Up

Canoe on the river

Brilliant orange affair

Oars create waves

Waves ripple to the shore

A serious walker

You can tell from her pace

A slower walker

You can tell from unsteady steps

Swallows, swifts or house-martins

Put on a red arrows display

Now they are all here

Swooping and gliding

And just so soon they’ve gone

Making way for a pair

Of smaller birds

Who come together with a kiss

Ought’n I

Maybe I wouldn’t

Remember you

And maybe I shouldn’t

Say I ought

Perhaps it was you

Strolling beside

The library

Window

Or within those glimpses

Of blue blue sky

Seen through the leaves

Of the big green tree

Sense

I hear the sheep

I smell the morning grass

I feel the wind

I smile at the sunrise

Beginning The Work

I watch a web being woven

It’s a steady start to the day

The dew on the grass glistens

As I listen to the geese

Fly low over the water

On the opposite hillside

Sheep move orderly

From one field into the other

In the meditation room

There is a breeze to my shoulder

Outside a wind rustles through the leaves

Eyes moving along the horizon

From the dark of night

To the bright light of day

The trees begin as pitch, pitch-black

Gradually turning, or developing

Into a quite brilliant late summer’s green

Settling In

Moon

Above the field

Moon

Above the river

Field

Upon the hill

River

Around the bend

Arrival

Overnight

At Gloucester Docks

After afternoon in the sun

At SWFC

Now

In the four-poster room

Looking out

To sheep on the hillside

Outside, below the tall windows

The noise of conversation

Silence begins

At nine pm

Then

To wake to the sound

Of the ringing bell

Before Qigong on the lawn

Bar

A pair of blow torches

Signed by Veritas

Well worn chair cushions

Bearing the name Pro Bono

A glass of hand pulled beer

Black Sheep back by customer’s request

Time ticks, and takes away the minutes

Before the ringing of the bell

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Echo

Red Star of Belgrade

Sporting Lisbon

River Plate

Partisan Belgrade

Ageless wisdom timeless love

Metro lands, metropolis

Let me take your ticket

Let me take your bag

Empty stadiums

Changed civilisations

Breathe on my lips

Be my first kiss

Red Star or Partisan

Once for innocent youth

Now adrift of the beautiful game

Now adrift of the wonderful life

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Narcissism

I write of you

I think of me

I see you

I see another side of me

I talk of the reflection in your eyes

What is it there that I see

I talk of your words whispered to me

What is it there that I hear

In the distance of my imagination

What there am I to imagine

In the first instance of my fascination

Why then am I so facile

In the beauty of you beside me

I gather a smile

I think of you

I write of me

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Water and wind

Over a bridge

Of still tumbling water

Over the sea

Of tipsy topsy tranquillity

Clouds on horizons

Of beautiful visions

Shrouds in the sky

Try their best to fly

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