
Down the winding lane I walk
hid by hedge and under bough
that skirl their leafy sounds anyhow
in the seeking winds of May.
Going nowhere with a purpose
talking secrets with my feet
marching to the cyclic beat
of natural worlds at play.
Pausing at the path smooth head
over which the white clouds scud
stopping, watching cows chew cud
hear the dark horse neigh.
Ambition-less, I am asexual
just conscious of my nose
down I go where the river flows
to greet the end of day.
Not wanting less than everything
I sit rod-less on its banks
eyeing the silver fishes’ shanks
oblivious of time.
Then someone overshadows me
Bow in hand, feminine and fey
and about me She draws a line
in the seeking winds of May.
©TonyAshenden