Amelia Fielden

 

                                                    that solo hawk
                                                    circling swooping circling
                                                    in gritty winds
                                                    of urban ugliness
                                                    what can sustain it


                                                    my short bright day
                                                    becomes a night too long . . .
                                                    lying awake
                                                    in a rain-wet world,
                                                    pillowed on rice husks


                                                    remembered dreams
                                                    wrapped in silk squares
                                                    to stow away
                                                    in a secret drawer
                                                    for sharing with no-one


                                                    to new friends
                                                    I may open my heart, yet
                                                    we both sense
                                                    it would be disastrous
                                                    to do the same with you


                                                    he loves me
                                                    he loves his wife
                                                    he loves me
                                                    he loves his wife
                                                    he loves me not  

                                                   

                                                                                                                                       

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