How white and blue together recollect us
to the summer sky and the imagined swallows
darting in exquisite geometry
under the great domed space of the heavens,
like the Basilica in Constantinople
containing and giving space.
And how I held you for a moment that was infinite
and then you were gone like an angel fearing enchantment
into some finite boundaried world

We walked on sea shores with our mates
Though the ocean separates
Now we’re abandoned on the shores
By the loves we’ll see no more

We still stand on shifting sands
Expecting , needing, helping hands
But the people walk on by
And we’re too afraid to cry

Lost in places we once knew
But recognised by very few
Our eyes look out but do not see
Filled by tears we can’t set free

Shall we stay here evermore
Hoping lovers we adored
Are on their way back to their home
As slowly, sadly we still roam?

The sturdy walls that bear the sky
Have been shattered from on high
And feeling smaller than the snails
We hear the long lost sea winds wail

Oh, weep for him and me, wide seas
Embrace our souls in your salt breeze
See the crushed and broken shells
Hear the tolling of the bells