Meditations On My Mind

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The barn owl rests a weary eye

The robin sings strong and proud

He breaks the day from his throne of hawthorn

The mossy hedgerow beneath him stirs

 

Home of the hedgehog

Hidden within her arms

Safe from hound, hawk or highway

Friend to the fieldmouse deep in her hole

 

Down by the river in the cradle of willow

Through bulrush boulevard quick swims the minnow

But not quick enough

For kingfisher flush

 

Great Oak stands sentinel

Citadel of the squirrel

Centuries of footsteps

Figures

Fallen secrets

Lie beneath her boughs

 

Overthinker

Daydreamer

Stargazer scared of the dark

 

Mountains in my mind

Myths from the barrow

Scattered whispers in the breeze

Dancing in the altocumulus

 

Chorus in the halls of my forefathers

Seeking sanctuary through the sanctity doors

Knawing the worm crawled through timber and stone

The ritual in ruin gave rebirth to the surface

And I dig

 

Dig them from their earthen vault

Put pen to paper and scribe

Dust off the years

5 centuries

Catapult

 

Ink bleeds

Lungs breathe 

Alive.