Windfalls

I searched for windfalls -

I held each one, for a moment, in my hand -

Feeling its coolness, its skin against my skin -

Delving in the grass -

October sunlight on apples still high on the tree -

Like the years left me - 

Precious before they fall -

I remembered orchards -

Walking under fragrant branches -

A river under a ripening moon -

Your hands bringing joy -

Your savage kisses -

You saying you are my willow wand -

Being your helpless slender boy -

The Old School House 

East Stoke 

October 2025