Shadow & light

 

Shadow & light

 

Outside the window

Of my turret

The world beyond

Identifies with me

I know this view

The backs of restaurants

Apartment blocks

& the pepper tree

Beneath the vault of blue

I can fly out the window in my mind

I am no longer confined

Poetry never ceases

To give me wings

I read aloud

‘In Memoriam’

Tennyson at his best

I intone aloud his words

& feel a thrilling in my breast

Poetry enriches

The rhythm & the sound

I believe in the traditions

Since the first picked up a pen

& on & on before that

When fire first inspired 

The dance of shadow & light

 

 

Published & Copyright Malachi Doyle 2025.