I saw the burning meteor fall from the Dorset sky ...

I saw his portrait above his books - 

I'd been entangled once in his serpentine prose - 

I remembered the strangeness of the pages - 

Now he turned his gaze to the book he held -

His heavy wounded brow - 

His fierce eyes - 

This wizard who'd walked hills I knew - 

I felt his presence in this pristine space - 

I heard the words spoken by his brazen head - 

Time was - 

Time is - 

And time will -

The words broken off as before - 

I saw the burning meteor fall from the Dorset sky - 

1 September 2021

Dorset Museum 

Dorset