FEB 2
Fellow feeling
I share with Fiona
Frustration
Terminal problems with computer
Hoping things soon sorted.
All my decent photos of my dog
are on the hard drive.
So sadness surfaces,
But remembering now
Anna and Frances shared
their understanding with me.
Fellow feeling gives such strength.
On - not going for a walk
A bright, a brittle day
with cold air gathering for tonight
to seal the water to the ground.
A day a dog would love
for bounding out across the moor,
for slipping on ice frozen pools.
Look to the sky, pull round a blanket.
Do not go out, encased in brittle
Memory which fractures on a walk.
The sun out there shines strong
But does not warm the ground.
It will not light within my mood.
Stay wrapped up here inside today
to see the spaces that are left
and punctuate the hours with holes.
High cloud is kindly, lifting darkness
that a gloomier day would drop upon
all wearied backs and shoulders.
It is a gift, this light that brings
A whispering of explanation,
of joy to things that make no sense.
So to return that kindness
may I venture out beyond the door
to fill bird feeders before it freeze tonight.
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