Smiles unseen but heard
Kisses welcomed and returned
Hands au naturel
~
CLP 09/09/2020
Tag: Trust
Sonnet To A Long-distance Love Lost During Covid-19
Quick from Café Grancy to the old dance
Full moon and stars aligned the day we met!
Conversation became sweet, full-flown romance
Nights and days in hotels we shan’t forget
~
Ravenna, London, Sidmouth, Valetta
We sought each other out in all weather
Whether sun, or snow. Rain? All the better!
We talked, made love, dreamt and woke together
~
In this wild whirl, how would we imagine
What might weaken our constancy of thought;
That coronavirus would intervene,
When Switzerland loosened; UK still taut?
~
Slowly, whilst tens of thousands died,
We lost the trust on which our love survived.
~
n.b. “So what?” I hear you sigh, “get over yourselves!” Fair comment.
~
CLP 21/08/2020
On the Road XXI
A fork on the way
Seemingly simple choices
Have consequences
~
n.b. Old style traffic sign in Somerton, Somerset, that marks a parting of the ways. Which, let’s be honest, happens.
~
CLP 13/08/2020
Daylight
Dawn chorus glitters
Gloom shifts; brightens, lightens, lifts
Sun glints off the key
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n.b. Sometimes one word, in a haystack of conversation, is the missing needle that is sought.
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CLP 19/05/2020
