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Love in a Time of Sepia April 2020

A Series of Vignettes during COVID-19

Sepia image of garden chair and table

I

I am in a bubble.

And you?

Socially distanced?

No. My beloved.

My heart aches.

Sepia mage of flowers

II

Greed breeds

mountains of desire;

the curve of love is

steady, generous,

attends only the needs

of today’s pocket.

Sepia image of cafe

III

Last week, crowds alive, such noise!

Now space

dissolves the heart,

takeaway air

serves an uneasy menu.

Sepia image of shopping list

IV

A stranger’s list found in my shopping trolley!

Each letter elegant,

bold and poised, a fact.

I hope no item

was forgotten;

Love’s hand holding.

Sepia image of train

V


Our world shakes,

uncertain, fleeting.

The Spirit, timeless, steady, calm,

moving us into new inwardness;

a new now.


Sepia image of stairway

VI

So much crashing down. Emptiness.

What is real?

This light, this space,

this Spirit of Life

who leads us on.




Sepia image of map

VII

Streetscape changed, unfamiliar signs.

These roads hasten

new directions,

but am I travelling

in circles?

Sepia image of  table in bookshop


VIII

One day the world

skidded stop-still

and the little shop

stuck fast that point;

it’s merchandise

a receding backdrop.















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