Poetry list
tended
she filled my life
in every way and
now only memories
what is this
transforming threshold
what is the meaning
of history’s irretrievability
what does memory
do when so much is
forgotten forever the
garden of life grows
over into unstoppable
disarray and primal
impersonal energy
we are buried in the
moment hoping the
gardener will till
the dust and prize
the colour and form
that warm the heart
enliven the mind
and touch the soul
beyond the tomb yes
the cold earth still
stone and death bearing
cross shaped wood
take every life in
turn into that
empty inconceivable
nothing the void
that only the holy
knows and which
love can fill
© Neil Thompson 2023