james

with all that has occurred
recently
the changes and challenges

perhaps we have a right
to feel tired

perhaps unknowingly
we are also holding fright

even the soldiers here

my quiet friends felt shaky

weary while getting back to

somethings

it is nice here in the garden
a haven for all things wild

wild things

today I have an appointment
with the bike shop in town

fearing the worst

it may be beyond repair

i too come older than I have
ever been

i understand although of course I
am still at home
even lazy that rainy day

we shall not compare yet
seems I am the same as

some others, still quiet

they all came the weekend
in the sun parking the
roads by the mountain

the bus could not get through
safely

it was on the news
social media and

in conversation

we feed the birds
and in the week when
the road is quiet hear
the birds say

is it you?
the reply
is it you ?

comes soon after

it is not the reply concerns me
it is the wellbeing and safety

do not fall to sleep james
sing loudly…..

the
first bike I bought ever
with my savings cost quite
a lot in relation to my income

from the shop near peters hill
where I thought the pram and

other things

when a child I had a tricycle which
broke bumping down a kerb

i remember disbelief
and devastating feelings

the next one was blue and I fell off

so I thought a blue one again
with a seat on the back & a basket
on the front

she got heavy later
too big so we took
the bus

and I used the bike for work
or walked there

i still have that bike
stored

four bikes in total ever
two second hand
two brand new

james

they say bikes are hard to get here at present
while mine is on a waiting list at the bike repair
shop in town

it will be my first visit for
months james

seems yesterday I forgot to press
the reply tab

seems yesterday started with mist
again that turned to heavy rain all day

an indoors day

dried out the clothes
we settled until at tea

time it stopped a while
to allow a walk round

the garden
to wonder at
the wet

water dropping from

the oak

from above

most of the day it felt
like sunday

we had fresh fruit delivered
and delightful bread

the best taste of the last 5 months

here

thick  mist enveloped

 

 

yesterday early

stepped out camera held

 

 

wandered down into weak sun

that

burnt the mist into swathes

 

 

sheep had come up in groups 

sleeping on the road

the tracks

warm tarmac

holding heat

 

 

gorse held the webs

frosted 

 

 

we stopped 

both of us

to look

to wonder

 

 

it all took double the time

yesterday

 

another world

 

I am later today 

james

having trouble with capitals here
and the predictions teeth can be

difficult things
especially while

dentists are out of bounds
these days

the stones were delivered
alongside memories born

from a bird
who died

from the cat

and weasels have short legs

my neighbour insisted on helping

it was nice

talking of cages they would be useful here

to keep the wild things escaped from cats

who ******

to heal

down by the park
was a wee bird sanctuary

next to the vicarage

we would call by to look
in the cages

guess it was free

i was at school with the vicar’s
daughter

she had recovered from polio
or a bad car accident

i don’t remember which it
was all a long time ago

their house was

down by the stream that
ran the side of the road

they say I was one of the first
to have the jab

I heard other parents say that they
would not allow it

i did not mind though I remember fear
of the needle

and more the fear of polio

we showed him the iron lung at the science
museum only last year

really