I am not

I am not

Or have not turned out to be

Who I thought I was

Even if I helped to forge

Your misapprehension

Yes I did write poetry

But that was for many reasons

Too many to talk about now

Even if we could

But of course now there is no reason

Another beach café filled

With older people such as you and I

This time the sand is brown

And supports a fisherman with rod and line

Fishing in the anything but azure blue sea

The very place where a few summers ago

Daughter, grandsons and you

Talked to another fisherman

Who told the young boys he was after shark

But I said, not to believe all that you are told

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A curve of light

A curve of light

But not yet a smile

A share of the cup

But not yet any glow

He crosses his arms

Leans forwards

To rest them on the table

But shows little satisfaction

Am I intruding

Does he deserve peace

To contemplate on

Whatever are his troubles

Slowly he puts on his kagoul

And places his North Face bag

Over his head, as will I

Similarly do, in a few minutes

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He rolls his own

He rolls his own

Holds the tip

Between his lips

As he sifts the tobacco

Onto the Rizla+ paper

He looks out to nowhere

His looking glasses

Are laying on the table

Such thoughts as those he holds

Have to remain hidden

Behind his somewhat darker shades

I have no reason

To ask for a point of entry

But if I don’t

Then who else might

For we are both otherwise alone

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Think on

Think on

Of this breeze

Of the caged cobbles

Of the beauty of life

Be there

In the moment

With the emptiness of love

To wrap around you

Be wary

Of the dancing

Remember past times

And where the dance led

Yet encourage beauty

Try to be faithful

Even if that night

Was anything but

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Watch

Watch

The flocks

Of black birds

Which settle

Into

The gorse bushes

Think

Of yourself

With such graceful

Controlled movements

As you take

Your very next steps

Sit

On the viewing platform

At The Boatyard Café

Look

Out to sea

At the one boat on the horizon

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