Across a Wall
An autumn piled against a wall
Of ancient, rain washed, standing stones
There, stories of another's time
Were whispers carried on the wind
Beyond the wall, a winter waits
With dreams beyond the deepest sleep
Within those dreams, are timeless souls
In restful waiting, watching there
While years pass turning, slowly on
Until the winter turns to spring
And we, while summer still remains
Place stones in walls along our ways
Where others, when the autumn falls
Across our time washed, standing stones
Will hear in whispers on the wind
The stories of a time we knew
Before the sleep of winter's night
Wove dreams into slow turning years.
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JD Shirk, 2024
Rob Farrow, Netley Abbey - Western flank wall, 2023 (detail),
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