the thing is, I don't believe in an invisible etc…!
Max
On 16/01/2014, at 9:17 AM, Bill Wootton wrote:
> May the invisible one continue to bestow some more light yet, Max.
>
> Bill
>
>> On 15 Jan 2014, at 9:31 pm, Max Richards <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>> My last poem
>>
>> will range back to times in my past
>> when I paused as things happened
>>
>> unearned but beyond valuing - gifts
>> from some invisible bestower
>>
>> usually outdoors - the sun rose
>> presenting its familiar surprise
>>
>> or later the sky changed from overcast
>> to clear - maybe the clouds were resting
>>
>> above land to the east in a curve like the bay's
>> so the westering sun made gold over
>>
>> the green slopes behind us and made
>> of the sea itself gold-tipped waves
>>
>> nudging one another our way.
>> You'd be on the beach with me,
>>
>> dearest, and your favourite birds
>> nearby as if making gifts
>>
>> of themselves to you.
>> Sharing was what we were doing,
>>
>> and there seemed no end to it,
>> though there would be, darkness
>>
>> coming on, no knowing when
>> but not yet, not quite yet.
>>
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