Earth, stream and tree encircled by sea
Waves sweep the sand from my island.
My sunsets
fade.
Field and glade wait only for rain
Grain after grain love erodes my
High
weathered walls which fend off the tide
Cradle the wind
to my island.
Gaunt
granite climbs where gulls wheel and glide
Mournfully glide o'er my island.
My dawn
bride's veil, damp and pale,
Dissolves in the sun.
Love's web is spun - cats prowl, mice
run
Wreathe snatch-hand briars where owls know my eyes
Violet skies
Touch my
island,
Touch me.
Dark harbour quays like fingers of stone
Hungrily
reach from my island.
Clutch sailor's words - pearls and gourds
Are strewn on my
shore.
Equal in love, bound in circles.
Earth, stream and tree return to the sea
