Poetry list
requiescat
below the copper beech
such precious dust in
earth that carried love
and spirit form and
strength the miracle of
creation the limit of
mortality the rest and
peace of resurrection
hope cut grass and
falling leaves occluded
skies holy stones are
living dying testimony
the breath of the
wind the stillness
of the scene caresses
the longing and waiting
the wondering and the
aching to know and to
to know nothing all voiding
and surpassing this
threshold lies truly beyond
any compass point but
pulls both and everyway
every moment the drama
is unfolding the stage
revolves and all the
action and pretending
are becoming real leaving
the little plot the shady
grave the half–lit world
that walks away to a home
that is nowhere on this earth
yet everywhere else in its
completeness perfection and
inaccessibility until my
time and all time
comes to its
end
© Neil Thompson 2023