These wild winds blow and fling the spray
Across the head, wildly stirring rain and wave
Until a grey mist tears at gorse and palm
Like the breath of ancient dragons;
Roused from slumber in the murky deep
They howl above the clouds and drive us safely
Behind stone walls and blazing fires, fearful,
Waiting out their heavenly tantrums.
And when the roar subsides, and monsters
Take their rest again beneath the froth and boil,
A low and watery light signals out the day;
Dimming as it stoops towards the edge of
Our tomorrows, it leaves us shivering, with
Memories of winter storms and cruel tides that
Raged against the day to remind us, who
Claim the sea, of our most insignificant fragility.
January 2016
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Fragments And Reflections
PoetryPoems looking at everything and anything not in my other collections. Here you'll find life and time, wild oceans and lonely coast paths, busy streets and empty hotel rooms, wild concerts and late night writing. All just fragments and reflections, l...
