…somewhere

An empty churchyard
filled with memories
and the twists of fate
find us oceans apart

broken dreams
fill passing nights
loneliness
does not require solitude
just a pause
for the sighs
of unquiet hearts

relentless echoes
of laughter and sorrow
the age-old kisses
of the sea on stones

each ripple
sweeps me back in time
gives back the colour
to yesterdays’ rose

the wind song
is whispering secrets
that I’ll somehow
always know
but none speaks here
but your love

I stop to feel
the breeze on my face
sunshine streams
through a twilight rain
there is a sudden shock
of sapphire sky
and the sun
is always rising
somewhere
© Ann Bagnall