Brightest of night’s lights!
As this dusty disc bowls past
who polishes your heart?
~
CLP 27/02/2021
Tag: Night
On Movement
We hold form by day
take different shapes at night
twisted by our dreams
~
CLP 22/02/2021
L3 (Day 43): Carrow Hill
Here’s white light, no heat
Heaven’s lights will shine bright tonight
In this brilliant galaxy
how will you hear
the star that calls to you?
~
CLP 18/02/2021
Piped Dreams
The door clicks a jar
compresses the draught
to a whistle that wakes me
from your arms, her arms, my brother’s
hand I held through a summer
night in the respiratory ward
down the corridor from coronary care
where he would be the next summer
and no one could visit
while he dreamt of life and dying
surviving dreams of dreaming
and not divining what was remembered
or dreamt even when sent home
to live as best he might when so tired
of medication and interventions
when all he wanted was to live
and love and still be the man
she married.
~
CLP 20/01/2021
On Memory xiii
In your deepest sleep
I woke to my own heartbeat
listened for your breath
~
CLP 15/01/2021
On Memory xii
We watch heaven’s light
until heat of evening chills
sleep tight together
~
CLP 14/01/2021
