lamp

shedding light within the heart
the Lamp of God
searchlight seeker
of dark places
reveals
and
heals

Echoes

Echoes of the sea:

washed up,

scarred,

cleansed.

Purged by salty caresses;

yesterday’s dirt erased

in the forgiveness

of a daily tide.

Industrious by nature

Industrious by nature.

Here is feast aplenty,

the eye dwelling for a while

on comings and goings:

the bee-line.

This is no charity handout,

no floral soup kitchen,

but, here, the dust that settles

when industry is done

is golden promise.

The flight

The flight of locks -

eccentric name

for flight implies escape.

Narrow boats tumble slowly here

in stepped water;

gated breathing space.

Water runs away.