Given Away
Spread your
wings and slowly light
Upon the branch
that holds my gaze
And stills the
now and captures time
That
overshadows all my days
Time’s so
patient but regards us not
It waits for
return of truth that holds
It feels more
deeply than we can know
It fears not
fall or winter’s snow
The world
creates such a fearful din
But silence
rules what we hold dear
It clears the
air, it’s peace within
It’s closer
than what we hold near
When stars seem
fixed to hold in place
When evening
deer come to borrow fields
When morning’s
light contains more grace
Than my heart
can grasp or my will can wield
In silent rains
I hear your singing
When leaves
hands move in visible breath
When snowdrops
rise foretells of bringing
My heart is
risen as life from death
So search each
shell upon the sand
Listen close
for the love of day
And return each
jewel that seems at hand
None can be
kept till it’s given away
(peter 4-6-21