February 6, 2019Poem

Open is the heart

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Open is the heart

To let you in

It is as welcome

As the sweet breath

Of summer

A healing wind

Where wildflowers

Flavour the air

With the bold scent

Of a new day

Golden hay bales

Dry in the sun

Rustic rows

Disappearing into

The distance

The buzz of occupation

The purpose of country life

Farmers with mechanical

Hands

Reaping a reward

Clever, busy Bees

Remember their way home

Distributing pollen

Fairy dust

Honeyed with kisses

Tiny love letters

Carried from one bloom

To another

Never needing answers

Naked lovers

Lying together

On a barrow

Full of history

And old magic

Cloud watching

Fragile is love

Strong is the bond

Tying me

To you

Simplicity

In little need

Of complication

But finding it

Nonetheless