Wholesome Love

Reflections in the pools of Devon’s sandy banks.
They both recalled one very special day on Dartmoor’s river
Plenty of fish, two less left in the tank.
Warm air, still love grips skin, shivered

Without knowing this, their adventures forked off paths quick.
First meet up in a local pub
Love held their ground, found, like the earth’s templates shift.
They both studied anthropology and art clubbed

Two tall, blonde peas in a pod echoed friends.
They knew this felt real, and listened to each other’s hearts
Found their way back to each other. The initial time away lends
Their relationship, like their plants, grew new parts

Thirteen years later a father and mother
This next step - marriage - topping their soil, earthing
A family tree of continuation, acknowledgment of each other
The centre of their world, and this moment preserving.

Love intertwined like a grape vine, accomplishment
The centre of each other’s life, their partnership conserving
Sunrise to sunsets, the beauty, astonishment
Eyes lock in, best friends, a deep understanding

This life, destined loves routes like returning tides.
Rings wrap around their promise, found their forever, hand in
Hand and their gaze hold all lands, forever long and wide.

Sea

My heavy body walks slowly
I see the sea before I see
Anybody I love an early dawny
Before the light invites me up
A surge of energy my internal clock
Knowing each rock that will show
The tide line pull
Reminding me let go

I can’t dip and think or drink
Present observant I see the sea
Bright green seaweed sticks to me
Can you sea the sea?
Are we there yet?

You can’t go and regret
Prefer a sunrise to a sunset
A day not met
I ingest fresh droplets
I choose to protect this time 
Where, not telling, come find
Me where the water meets the sand
If you no then you know our land

Rain or shine I’m getting wet
You can’t see my body in the sea
I’m doing it for me
No selfy go pro’s no no
It’s early doors on the low low
Let go go keep going and going
Floating, arms dip in rotating
Legs wakening mindfully escaping
Unavailable flight mode without needing one

Cause my home is a holiday destination
No news feeds
Can breathe deep like seaweed
Tread shallowly 
It’s too early
When knowbody needs me
This is how it’s meant to be

You know this fellow swimmingly’ s 
Maybe just maybe
Well find each other tidally
Solo for soulfully
Grouped for socially
Coldness for mentally
The sea will wholly
Hold each of us unconditionally
Unpredictably her vast depths
A reminder us humans only scratch the surface

I scramble back up the tufts
Of reeds which weave the sand 
View this land sunken barren
Uniquely carved vast span

Salt hits my lips I am
Here a small spec a droplet
A river meeting the sea
A sacred place of history
Can you sea the sea?
Are we there yet?

Oh playful youthful adventure
Life’s cycles forever venture

For the Poetry Privy Project

A Poem For Panel

Ask me another question there could never be enough
Ask me another question I’m filling up
Ask me another question unpack my emotional stuff
Ask me another question you’ll unpack your belongings
Ask me another question you have every right probing
Ask me another question as much as you need keep going
Ask me another question you have every right knowing
Ask me another question our hearts, minds are open
Ask me another question yes we will cope and keep coping
Ask me another question yes you may be broke and keep breaking
Ask me another question please take and keep taking
Ask me another question or curl up shut
Ask me another question I agree you’d be silly to quickly trust
Ask me another question you’ve learned to survive, may arrive frozen
Ask me another question in comparison I get to dip my toes in
Ask me another question point out my self-denial
Ask me another question your whole life’s been filed
Ask me another question yes you’re only a child
Ask me another question please question our love,
Ask me another question inside I’m doubled up
Ask me another question I’d talk you through every cut
Ask me another question I will open my door as much
Ask me another question I will open your door a touch
Ask me another question tell me when enough is enough
Ask me another question don’t mention what you don’t want to
Ask me another question my intention is to share our home with you