So silently
So peacefully
Stillness that be
Break to a break
Pause to a pause
Days
Differently

So peacefully
So suddenly
A strange gift for me
Under a lock
Under a key
Self-discovery

The shrunken world
Behind the curtain
A pantomime
The song bird sings
For motley dreams
Of troubled kind

A candle light
A touch of love
In pestilence time
A kiss good night
A kiss for my
Unquiet mind

What comes
What goes
What lies ahead
What stays behind
A gust of wind
A bird who sings
A bell that chimes

From note to note
From day to day
From rhyme to rhyme
The stranger days
A lullaby
For frozen time

Belsize Park, 16 June 2020