Michael Batchelor's Blog, page 2

sorrow

in time
all sorrow
will become
a lifetime
ago

now

it’s 12:52 pm
on a Saturday afternoon
the room is cool
there is no smell
I hear the cars rumble outside
and the birds on the tree
but my mind is fighting
against my grip
trying to run away
to the past
or the future
but I won’t let it
for I am here
I am now

for now

and though we’re in
a world of struggle
our love will
see us through
to the universe

the trolley

an empty coffee cup
a stack of bricks
concrete crack filler
a newspaper clipping
all sitting in a trolley
abandoned
beside the grass-cracked
pathway

we are an odd species

the moving painting

the homeless man sits on the grass
by the library
watching the people
chase their minds
down the street
before lying down to
watch the clouds
gust towards their
big blue nothing
and it puts him to sleep
because it's tiring
being a rock
clinging to the
bottom
of a dirty stream

the sun beyond the smokescreen

I find it hard
to relax
to surrender
to the reality
of lives not led
but I’m no longer greedy
on good days
and ready
for the most part
to sink into the couch
of our life

rain

a woman stands in the rain
waiting for the light to change
she’s crying
another woman
carrying an umbrella
walks up
and shares the rain
until the light changes
and the first woman
storms ahead
into a drier
tomorrow

the endless ellipsis

we sit together
in a patient silence
while you’re stuck
on an endless ellipsis
and the still mind
shouts its loudest

a silent symphony

a retirement village
an activity centre
a group of elderly people
an instructor
“move your head back”
“and forward”
“back”
“and forward”
“back”
“and forward”
a raised hand
an invisible baton
a silent symphony

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