Everything
Needing to be done
Two times
Say it again
Say it more slowly
Become present with the presence
Lock age door
Turn off the electricity
Put the key in the bowl
Do them all again
But this time
In the right order
And write
Every day
Do not lose your motor-mechanisms
Every day mind you
With the date
So you will know
You will know for certain
The very date
That this thing happened
One
Hugely reflective
Place to sit
With autumn’s sun
Shining
Through the blue blue sky
One
Seriously peaceful
Time to be
In retirement
Now close to its sixth year
If discernment takes me anywhere
One
Not to be forgotten
Series of moments
A whole lifetime of memories
Available for the panorama
To be played on a slow-motion setting
Time wasted, or was it
On the internet
Watching videos
And discovering promotions
To extract the pound
From my pocket
Before that Liz Truss
Renders it completely worthless
In which case
It will be the alms houses
Or the caravan
Or the longboat on the water
October blue skies
October birthdays
October anxieties
October in the fall
Autumn sunlight
Autumn leaf
Autumn welcome
Autumn to top it all
I left the garden
To come to the green
I left the mirrors
To capture the bigger picture
How old is the boy
Who picks up the conkers
How old is the tree
Which obscures the sky
I left the footpath
To walk by the deer park
I left the old wisdom
To seek out new adventures
How early
Is the dew on the grass
How soon
Does the morning mist rise
