Words fail

Can you speak of leaves,

explain the wind

or one man’s shirt

and woman’s nightie

hanging on a single line?

Scuttering clouds,

lilies in ponds;

fallen cars

in a river or ditch?

What permission

came from Buddha,

Allah,

transparent angel

or swinging cross

for you to know

the meaning of such

flittingly

awesome

words?

Old Age

At the Care Home fete,

a set of wooden stocks with

coloured flags waving.

Big Top

Green - ten meters tall;

a Big Top inflates with breath

filling sacred space.