Snake of cars, stopping, waiting, thinking –
\nsnake of cars crawling away, laden, crying…<\/p>\n
The tors look like crowns in monochrome –
\nand people set like jewels.<\/p>\n
Moving through ferns and old stones
\nwe find a quiet place.
\nMorning moths rise fluttering from my feet
\nlike single white confetti floating
\nto rest on green.
\nTiny yellow star-flowers with
\nwetness clinging to Emmaus boots make
\nHeaven in a wild flower.<\/p>\n
Ponies nudging – flicking – whinnying –
\nstaying close together.
\nWind furrows ferns like neck hairs under pony tails
\nand a flat stone waits.
\nCoolness growing – a patch of warmth to lean on.<\/p>\n
Bleating and barking – single sounds on the wind.
\nPeople-watching people on the third watch
\nlike small children wanting to get to the top – then
\nlooking all around, staying perfectly alert to everything
\n– not missing a thing. \u00a0Midnight at Christmas.<\/p>\n
Darkness descending frame by frame over
\nan apprehension
\nof what will be a new day.
\nTwice in six hours.<\/p>\n
Quiet joy to be content
\nto look ahead
\nand to deny the urge to rove.
\nI watch the bewildered foal take milk,
\nand curl around my knees to
\nfeel the moorland blur into night.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Eileen Walke<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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