sat in the contentment
of shared awareness
together as we step out
onto the playing fields
of all of our summers
where grasses are blown
to create the call of love
where responses echo
sound after sound
knowing that love
is there to be found
in the cool contemplative
freedom air of our morning
on the finnish lakeside
or the north sea coast
in the summer sunshine
friends and family toast
where sand sifts through fingers
as cool water soothes the brows
it is the presence of awareness
which continuously and joyfully allows
through recognition
and familiarity
i as i you as you we as we
welcome the world
to our curious meeting
where the ice-cream lollipops
are served to us at a price
by clients and friends alike
on the cusp
of waking
having been
at the cricket
on the verge
of dreaming
having been
almost sleeping
on the step
of daily rising
having been
elsewhere with you
at the time
half-awake
half-asleep
then falling
the whole way
into slumber
thanks to the warmth
and the darkness
