Monday 2 September 2019

How it Ends

 

We exist beyond aching,
weak at the end
as a free hawk
drops into gravity,
resolving the hunter’s shot.

Faith travels no further 
than hope in the search 
for life in crabs that fall
from the relative branch:
strength turns lonely
when rowan roots withdraw
from the mountain.

Where is the absolute pulse 
in a lamb’s death in winter folds, 
through the heart that beats 
for what stays whole beyond 
the slicing burn in summer?

The night turns here:
the moon plays lucid.
I map uncertain stars,
count revolutions and rulers
while the world spins,
tips under my feet.

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