Word and Image

Why are the birds so generous?

Are they conscious of their gift?

Do they fly to remind us of freedom?

Do they dip and wheel to dispel the bonds binding our earth bound limbs?

For a brief moment question and answer collapse.

The valley of youth
Seclude and raw
Given to abandon
Seeing no flaws

Trembling ground
Shook tranquility
An unstoppable flow
Revealing fragility

Innocence taken
Doubt uncovered
Reflections begin
Forever smothered

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Quota

Essential regret

A spider speck

Flagrant wink

An empty sink

 Pudding

Nights respite

Alphabet delight 

Demeanour

Drifting in and around

He wore a sailor’s gown

Three lengths woven coarse

To bridle a wicked horse

Jelly

Forty five degrees

Converging to a point

Skate and glide

Tumble and fall

A whistling wind screams ruin

Quiet chokes the crush

Scramble and claw

Rive and score

Tremendous feat never a chance

Blast doubt and turn a route

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