The nine boxes ...

Anne and Richard carried the nine boxes out from under the stairs -

In each box were books I'd not opened for twenty years -

I recognised their covers, their once familiar pages - 

The words had waited in the dark, unread save by spiders -  

Now I felt their breath upon my face - 

Soon I'd meet old friends, remember bookshops, recall afternoons reading under younger skies - 

14.00

Friday 21 April 2017

The Old School House 

East Stoke 

Dorset