Untitled – 2000
Across the plain the pilgrims comeGod’s mercy to receiveBefore them majestic liesCathedral, mystic placeMan builtA house of wonder and prayerOf […]
Life
Sad run my thoughts
A deathTragicUnnecessaryCame to my viewOn the televisionThe other dayA personAloneHad ceased to beAnd I cried
Autumn Moods
Summer fadesTo autumn coloursOf redsAnd goldsAnd brownsAnd fallen leavesThe nights draw inThe fires litBring warmthTo cooling morningsAnd evenings long conversationsDraw
A life reborn (Some thoughts at Tushielaw)
Eagles cry, eagles hauntAbove moorlandOf grouseAnd heatherAnd lifeMyriad sheep trod pathsLead me deeperInto this delightful, deceptive freedomOn the edgeOf my
The shadows that we cast – Three poems in one
The shadows that we castOn lifeAre transient fleetingGhosts of what might have beenAnd then they changeTo what we have becomeThe
The Selfless Flame
The candle in the corner splutters and diesFading slowly to dimnessCasting strange dancing shadows on the wallsUntil it is engulfed
An ending we have in darkness
An ending we have in darknessAnd a beginning.’Twixt theseAn emptiness of pain.