The Year of Silence

The sun shone
blindingly
from the westering sky
down the gleaming street

But none would come
that would now have come
On however many wheels
or on happy feet

The boat that carried them
now carries none
the way is closed
although it is still open

The excited faces
sometimes a lil green
other times tired
Always pleased to have come

now will not come
our summer will be
empty
still of voices and faces

The whacky bus
the hired cars
the taxi hired
from the plane

Even the ships
of hundreds
the music lovers
of thousands

None will now come
The island is silent
Imperviously
the Stones will Stand

The Year of Silence
Let's hope it's but one
till our cheerful friends
are welcomed to return

Remembering Sophia

I couldn't see you
Yet you were there
Darkness had fallen
but we needed no light

The late night radio
tinkled out
the closing strains
of Sailing By

I could not see you
But we were close
The wind blew
The rain lashed

Oblivious but
to each other
I would not
could not leave

Knowing that
by leaving,
I'd leave you
for good

I was lost
in the darkness
but your voice
guided me

The Window on the West
I would not see again
neither she
who knows all

I would meet you once more
in the House of Music
once more embracing
almost not letting go

Knowing that
by leaving,
I'd leave you
for good

That night in November
you swam away
she who knows all
knew what she had lost

Looking out each night
waiting for your steps
to come striding
up the path

As one day you will
return to collect your companion
from her new forever home
to cross the Rainbow Bridge

The year of silence

The sun shines brightly
longer hours each day
The wind is in hiding
the lambs gambol

Nobody stirs abroad
A curious line of people
stretches, 7 feet apart,
to a familiar door

The ferry brings no-one
The ferry takes no-one
The brightly sprightly
visitors will not come

Each day now
is Sunday
except it is
not Sunday

Even the churches
are closed
all is shut
until further notice

The year of silence
the year of silent fear
who will be next
do we know who