Years falling from the sky

I wore my long red scarf -

The wind stirred the poplar trees -

Winter had taken their leaves - 

I heard their slow heartbeats - 

Fish dreamed in the river - 

Words flew through the air - 

I felt the years falling from the sky - 

A small hand in mine -

The shape of a smile -

The buttons of a coat I'd never fastened - 

Wareham

December 2023