Dropping a silver coin into water ...

I tied the pale blue ribbon around the slender branch - 

Clear water filled the stone basin - 

A saint had stopped here  

Pilgrims had come to where we stood - 

They'd dipped their hands as we did in the spring - 

The shards of the Abbey still withstood the years - 

Swallows flew in summer over the hallowed stone - 

I dropped a silver coin into the water - 

We remembered our dear dead - 

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Sunday 1 April 2018

The Holy Well

Cerne Abbas 

Dorset