New apples on the wounded tree ...

I remembered the high valley and the lake -

The dark dripping pines -

The deer, hanging dead and beautiful -

The sky between the mountains -

The gravestones with their messages -

Lost in the East -


The sorrowful film took me away from the remembered valley -

I journeyed to a terrible place -

I walked in circles in a desolate garden -

I was mocked and beaten -

I saw men weeping in their final moments -

The black curtain was pulled back -

I glimpsed the waiting blade -

Yet there was light after the dark -

Three girls laughing amongst the flowers -

New apples on the wounded tree -



Wednesday 19 February 2020


The Rex
Wareham
After watching A Hidden Life