The lark ascending - thoughts from an English churchyard September 2012

a lyric piece

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In autumns slow warmth

                             Zephyrs mild dialogue

A theme birds improvise

                             The shadows capture

All this Platonic harmony 

                             Defies the telling 

A butterfly settles drinks

                             In reflective sunlight

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Flowers cover the grave

                            Ashimmer with breeze

Caught chills of light 

                           Tremble to nature

A prayer and remembering 

                           Blown to where?

Its nod to community

                           Melts to infinity 

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The halo of reflection 

                          Spur a speculation 

A few white lines 

                          Articulate a history

Fade from the hidden 

                         At the recall

A life thus traced

                         By days certainty