Something vast and miraculous ...

There on the pale sand -

Cast up by the  sea -

A small shard of blue china -

Perhaps from a bowl, or plate -

Smooth and cold to the touch -

I held it in my hand -

I put it in my pocket -

Placed it on the mantlepiece -

When I pick it up again -

Some night when my bones creak -

I'll remember the golden light of this afternoon -

This sea -

Being led here by a gull's footprints -

The sun low in the sky -

Every moment part of something vast and miraculous -


16.00
Sunday 10 October 2019

Studland
Dorset