Meadow

by Ian Clegg Walsh · from Heavy Rusted Steel

After tea we'll go let's leave the picnic behind. time will darken the skies it's a fair drive
Clover flexes and releases by some unknown life. cruise control holds us in lane
A hawk hovers and is so still until I grab my camera! this patch of ground is waiting for the collector
Down on your knees on an open mat a multitude of flowers. all the same, all unique, you and I were so different
I like to watch you happy and excited as you run after the butterflies. there's one you've never seen before
The meadow slopes so steeply when I run my legs struggle to keep up. I see your face from the side is there a garden as glorious?
Friends are not here family were not informed, just you and me and the bees. oh how we walk around not holding hands, butterflies and plants in summer sun

This poem appears in Heavy Rusted Steel — over 50 poems, 280 pages.
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