Wednesday, 25 November 2020

A Poem a Day (311): Towers in the rain

 
Towers in the rain
 
Building towers in the rain,
brick by brick, splashings of
mortar, sinewed muscles
to weld skin and bone,
 
give it strength to rise up
from strewn dirt and rubble.
Roots grasp the ripe earth
to stabilise, rock gently
 
a lullaby in wild weather.
This fresh deluge washes
over it all, a new birth.
Glass goes in, taped-over
 
windows to the soul, staring
out through giant kisses,
rose-tinted. When the hat
goes on it will all be done,
 
eager for the first date,
standing in this downpour
streaking sound, eyes shut,
waiting for something to start.
 
Copyright Vickie Johnstone, November 25, 2020

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