Thinking Seeds
They’ve all gone
leaving behind
dark figures of eight
reeling around the house.
Gloom and strong light separate.
No pressure against the window,
no mirror flexes.
In the bedroom
the photograph of a child
building sandcastles
is a last breath before sleep.
Downstairs is dreaming on the back step,
doodling in the dust about this year.
The garden harasses, full of suggestions.
My mother used to give me an apple for the journey
and walking to my car she’d pick a sprig of rosemary.
I’ve noticed older women take to gardens
like they once took to men..
The feeling grows and shakes me to go outside
wield a spade, dig deep, lift, turn, break down, rake over.
Back on the step with coffee I look at the card
Sue sent: a lily lets slip its cowl, the leaves lie back.
I am going to sow some seeds and can see a figure
in the greenhouse watching them come through.
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