To become a shadow ...

I remembered Geoff when I saw the umbels -

How he used their stems as yarrow sticks - 

I remembered the flying jacket - 

Geoff's journey to the east - 

.

He'd sipped chai under a mulberry tree - 

Hitched lifts in gaudy Bedfords - 

I remembered how Richard had last seen Geoff -

Dark had fallen on the Common - 

Geoff had lit a cigarette - 

Walked away to become a shadow -  

31 July 2021

Moreton