Annette Lohan

My granite heart is of molten rock
Washed water smooth, cooled by breath
Of reason. Do as you wish. I will
Not falter on my way. I lie
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I laid an egg,
A tiny seed of possibility,
In my centre.
There it grew bloated
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He said
- My bella luna,
You reflect my sun.
She sighed,
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I went fishing last night and
Caught a great big bag of bones
that tinkled and tangled
Themselves up in my hair.
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Slieve bends up the mountain we drove
through clouds and beyond all reason.
The air is thinner up here, my head
is lighter while my belly sinks away.
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I dress you in shining armour, my
Scented scarf your red banner. Poised,
Joust in hand, steed at your heals. Ready.
The glint of a smile flashed from eye
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Red jacket skirted beneath blue wellies
Walking the burn behind our house.
Stream trickles over smooth brown rocks
That crumble and roll from my feet.
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You awake with the
alarm I do not hear. You
go to the kitchen.
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Each time the mixing bowl is on the ledge,
You're here with me in my kitchen. Scent of
Sponge wafts from cold oven. I crack an egg
Then stir my mix. I tick in time far off
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I awoke this morning to find

It's dark.
Perhaps the sun is lying in
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London landing
There I’m standing
On a platform;
Pleasant plateau.
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Breathe in,
Open all the stops.
Take in a panoramic breadth of life.
Exhale, exude
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Monday

A flock of starlings take off
from the shore like a dark
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Stretch out in a meadow, gaze at
Sheep grazing 'cross a blue sky.
Slide forefinger and thumb up
Along a stalk of seeded grass;
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