On Hearing Grievous News From A Friend

change

in a purse snapped shut
rattles around
still tempting
spend me

dawn

shows its pink underskirt
and teases
find what lies deeper 
underneath

sea

remains
always the same
undeniably
always changing

sky

billows with arguments
delivers blow after blow
quickly demonstrates
fleeting

time

also never still
presents itself
as ever present
 choice

short-life

it suggests
to the deep ear
that hears thought
unspoken

choose

from all this
hard evidence
of each unknown
now

to be

awake
aware
alert
alive


Poem: Jo Mariner Photo: Sion Edwards