It and I

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I have some good friends, but live on my own and sometimes feel lonely. (Don't we all?) At such times, I will often I often go for a stroll on nearby Hampstead Heath, feel close to nature and not in the least bit lonely any more.

I love the Heath for its wide variety of trees, rolling green slopes and ponds whose wildlife residents are invariably as noisy as they are inspiring. Yet, there is another aspect of the natural world that befriended me many years ago. Indeed, readers often ask why it is I have a passion for clouds…

Here's wishing you all peace and love now and always,

IT AND I

I lay on the ground, gazing into a cloud

and we talked, it and I,

touching on things never spoken aloud

A face reassured me I should be proud

of not living a lie;

I lay on the ground, gazing into a cloud

I felt as if I’d spotted a friend in a crowd,

a gleam in each eye,

touching on things never spoken aloud

I struggled with words, once not allowed

(something to do with sexuality);

I lay on the ground, gazing into a cloud

Kindly, like a fairy tale giant, it towered

over me, brushing off fears I let fly,

touching on things never spoken aloud

Enlightened, with Apollo’s heat endowed,

we moved on, it and I;

I lay on the ground, gazing into a cloud,

touching on things never spoken aloud

Copyright R. N. Taber 2009