the ice crystals cut my eyes in two

 

 

the ice-crystals

cut

my eyes in two

 

I looked from one

and I saw the surface veins

of the last leaves left

 

and I looked from the other

and I saw

the coal-black depth

of frozen water

 

 

 

all that was all that is all that is to come

 

all that was

all that is

all that is to come

 

the capture of time

 

the hands of a child

 the face of a mother

a dandelion clock frozen in amber

the greying hair

of a warrior woman

all that was

all that is

all that is to come

an earth guarded by three muses

a cratered moon

ascended to the heavens

 

all that was

all that is

all that is to come

 

one last explosion

the final particles 

decaying

to

darkness

 

all that was

all that is

all that is to come

 

 

 

in full voice...

 

 

 

england in autumn

 

After several days of unrelenting rain the sun arrives unexpectedly. The sky lifts clear of the clouds and starts to deepen, an eerie blue light chasing across the tops of the trees.

Oh to be in England in Autumn!