For all people who work with compassion to make the burden easier and gives so much of themselves!
Walking
Walking
At a time
When the news
Is too dark
A feeling
Of despair
Of loss
I need
To get out
Walk the hills
In clean air
Let thoughts roll
Mind still
Feel my legs
My body
At ease
Let each wave
Of sadness
Run clear.
RAC
Storms gather
Storms gather
I watched
the gathering
storm
approach
The deepness
of grey
turning
near black
The fluttering
of aspen leaves
the insects caught
in updrafts
it is just
a matter
of time
waiting.
Mysteries and messages
Mysteries and messages
This week over a few days
Docks loosen their grip
And will allow themselves
To be pulled roots and all
You and I disagreed
In our views on religion
So we agreed not to talk
You respected my knowledge
On growing and gardening
You embraced cosmic forces
And the movement of planets
And the hidden influence of stars
But we both took pleasure
Sometimes surprised by nature’s way
And the complex beauty of a flower
Or the shape of a trees repose.
RAC
Openings within openings
A theatre space that doesn’t know it…yet
Divisions beneath
This where people live.
Walking in rain
Walking in rain
I put on
that old
light brown
Fedora hat
to walk out
in the rain.
A hat
that’s worn
from use
stained
on the brim
but fits
as it sits
over
my brow.
I prefer hats
to hoods
better to see
and to hear
what surrounds
than enveloped
in plastic
that baffles
the senses
Reminds me.
A word
to the wise
I’m proud
of my skin.
It speaks
of experience
a certain
amount
of knowledge
built up
over years.
Kindness too.
Wisdom
sometimes.
RAC
Low Mood too.
Low mood
The heaviness
Of the rain
Has brought
on a low mood
So played
T Bone Walker
Loud
And if that fails
Dammit
I’ll go for a walk
And turn
The word channel on
Radio Rob is best.
RAC
Low moods
Low moods
Soon it will be
the anniversary
of your death
the weather
cleared
that midsummers day
And the mourners
danced
to celebrate
your life
in an open field
That long
circular dance
that once
you would
have called
to the drone
of an accordion
And so the body
kindly reminds
loss is about
remembering
the good times
and the goodness
of you.
RAC
Celfypridd 