Castle

Poetics Tuesday: Beginnings are Endings

The cool breeze comes in the window

I realise, with a gentle start, that I am happy in my world

I take cups of tea from lounge to bedroom

Write in both with increasing ease

Nonsense really but words are words

They help untangle the tangle

Today I will head outside, see the buildings and the morning dog walkers

(I am getting braver with dogs. And people)

I have been giving up wondering what I would rather have

Knowing that I can only have what I make – and what is available to me

But which can be moulded like sand to create my little castle

I like my freedom, my way of doing things – observing and noting

Quietly even smiling – I can do most things now

And so – I write this sitting in the kitchen sink.

Last line taken from –

“I write this sitting in the kitchen sink.”

I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith