Walking by the sea

Walking by the sea -

I imagined the dark eyes looking at you -

The long journey -

The teeming bodies -

The memory of the ashram -

Your younger body in some pose -

I thought how brave you are -

I said you are precious to me -

Swanage 

May 2026

Those long hours

Remembering the sleepless night -

Wearing those long hours -

Even now, in the bright day -

May 2026

A boy made of joy

Like a carefree whirlwind in the soft play -

Leaping like a hare from the slide -

A boy made of joy -

Lighter than air -

Jenny's 

Salisbury 

April 2026 

In the garden

Late evening, not yet dark -

Beguiled by the scent of lilac blossoms -

Cool grass underfoot - 

Barefoot - 

Looking up at the starless blue sky -

The pines -

The white moon -

The Old School House 

East Stoke 

April 2026 

Reading The Power and the Glory

I play billiards with the jefe -

I drink from the bottle -

I can smell betrayals -

The lure of seven hundred pesos -

Tomorrow they'll shoot the priest -

Just one moment of pain -

April 2026

Number 40

I took the Number 40 back to Wareham -

An old excitement filled me -

Riding the top deck -

Gazing out like a proud captain -

Number 40 Bus

April 2026

Leaving my darlings

Leaving my darlings -

Sleepless that last night - 

The train carrying me away -

TransPennine Express

April 2026