Nearly back

I want to take a photo of the clouds

But the train moves too fast

Slices into the ground

Emerges

Disappears into trees

Green blurs on both sides

A squeaky rattle from the luggage rack

Vibrations from the steel tracks below

Nearly back to Hereford

The sun triumphantly bursts through the clouds

[14 May 2012]

Held

I am grateful

To those that held me

With your words

With your silences

With your arms

It’s been a tough year

On top of several

[24 December 2023]