Trudging through ice-cream wafer leaves,
Tearing open unsealed envelopes with my feet.
Overhead, the birds communicate
Like whistles in a school sports hall.
The arms of the trees, plucked violin strings,
Quiver with a rush of the indecisive wind.
Glass bullets of dew drop
Into the snaking trenches of abandoned footsteps.
Sunbeams splinter through the wiry branches
And diffuse through mists of fairy breath.
Gazing upwards like a fish through algae-speckled water,
The clouds waltz among the smoke tracks of manmade birds.
Soon the sky will darken, leaving only
Birdsong,
Wind,
And the empty outlines of my shoes.
Just a little poem I wrote a while ago, came to mind when I was walking my dog this morning, hope you like it 🙂
Sophie Xxx
