time breaks open / rattles dry berries
outside rain turns to snow

works still goes on / men shoulder loads
one stares at nothing / doesn’t answer

could you take this to heart?

no one wants to wait here
here in awkward pining

imagine following me home

our singular meeting / sharp points and soft skin / helicopter blades above curved earth /green blush of twigs / colour whispering undercover

above?
mechanical noise / useless

business is done — by crow-light / too black for any city sky / a blackout landing

thud
time to look around / take what’s
waiting

what is there / waiting

can you take this to heart?

business is done –begun by ordinary / red breast / red leg/ bobbing / circular / song

time to look around / take what’s
waiting
what is there / waiting

can you take this heart?

Poem and photo by Jo Mariner