frightfully british but
also roman catholic
ate no meat on a friday
was always fish and chips

openings in the fabric
conveniently placed

stepping stones across the stream
bare feet long to be wet

choices within choices made
buckle up you just might crash

God wants to be your lover
do not doubt it you are already loved.

battles come and go
you get wise through losing many

but each time is leading you somewhere
that 'somewhere'the being you 'now'

a little battered
but not 'dead yet '.

reaching in to reach out
a shared inner life

this journey we undertake
oasis to oasis

when your life is four walls and a garden
practising the stability it affords
- gives you untethered freedom.

a false persona always crumbles
-drained of the energy needed to keep it up