ONE MOMENT AFTER ANOTHER
1
The morning is
Daffodils and speedwell.
Above the tumble,
Jackdaws skim and surf
Blurred wind.
There will be,
(Say the clouds),
An afternoon of shadows
Collecting rainbows.
A season of light,
A thimble
Of forgetfulness.
2
Dawn reflex
A refection of cloud.
Nothing I could have done better.
Dappled elegance, cold blanket,
A tipping of scales,
A slow drift to the east.
A furrow, cross-cutting purpose,
A tiny friction, a wing-beat.
A sampling of enigmatic facts,
A certain blue
A certain distance,
A shading off into infinity.
(refection = a remaking, a nutrient, a food for body, mind and spirit)
3
New rising
Mist and birds,
Rising with the sun.
Rabbits pause and scatter.
Slow hills take form.
Heaven divides from earth.
A bleating of lambs.
4
Light in lines and waves
A moment mirroring
Off rooftop frost.
White grasses shudder and steam.
A birth of shadows, proud instants
No longer in between.
—
simonhlilly 