Close your eyes, what do you see
A crimson sunrise, looking out to sea
Sunlight on water, and in the distance
A tall sail, maybe
Close your eyes, cross the line
Break with
A moment
A moment of loss
A glimmer of relief
A turn towards the worse
The turning of a new leaf
Crumbling of the past
Forging a new path
Momentary loss of heart
Looking Out
Looking out in that moment, he saw only fragments
Of unfulfilled dreams, of once-idealistic intentions
That came as a flow, once rushing, then slowed,
Pooling of thoughts into clever compartments
To
For David
These words aren't the ones that I wanted to write
The coffee cup curves round my hand as I struggle
To capture my thoughts, perhaps with a poetic lilt
All that I hope
All that I hope is that, somewhere beyond
The realms of our thinking
New truths, new factors are still to be found
Connections between what we know to be