On Crab Cove

Hawkhead

Out there,

among gunmetal peaks,

the sea’s churning spume

and spray, its tumbled swells,

your memory drifts

invisible as the horizon,

 

yet there,

small as existence,

as air in lungs

under breathless immersion,

your essence, ebbing,

slipping from sight,

 

while here,

under a slate hard sky,

its indictment of rain,

a persistent wind

buffets the cliff top,

nuzzles gently at my back.

 

 

© John Hawkhead 2011

  • Author: Hawkhead (Offline Offline)
  • Published: March 22nd, 2012 08:07
  • Comment from author about the poem: The poem relates to an old friend
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