As moths to a flame

As rivers to the ocean

As clouds into rain

Embers on our souls

Glow and smoke into the night

Keeping bugs at bay

Half a silver moon

Winking with dark crater eyes

A sleepy mirror

Shy roe deer scatter

Into a dark oak thicket

The cloak of twilight

If I could eat grass

I would settle on this moor

With wild ponies

Lost in soft red trunks

A giant green canopy

Standing still in time

Smooth grey pebble stacks

Loom and rain across the bay

Crabs sneaking below

On steep wooded slopes

We found a white stone altar

Origin unknown

Tectonic plates shift

Forcing up ever growing

Mountains of regret

High pressure settles

It’s warmer outside than in

How can I pause time?

Fear of the future

And attachment to the past

Are both in this box

As the stars appeared

From hazy sunset cirrus

We quickly lost count

The burning sunset

And the orange firelight

This is all we need

Sticky mud oozing

Between my toes and upwards

A barefoot crossing

A fork in the road

Yet another window closed

Life is just choices

Even if it rains

These fires keep us warm and dry

What more can we need?

Warm rain keeps falling

Water level rising fast

Filling up the swales

Bare feet through wet grass

Bright eyes squint in white sunlight

Jumping summer creeks

Off the beaten track

Following subtle fox paths

Just a wild beast

Baggy monkey arms

Swinging between oak branches

Bare feet scrambling

Spiky nettle leaves

Haloed by the evening sun

Distant memories