Circle in
the Square
(Published
in The Pander 1999)
A
tall building, outside. Birdcalls, this landscape.
One
person stretches, Someone mumbles behind that tower.
Music
and a language that I can imagine. Was
A
city there, out farther? He walked miles outside, saw nothing.
Wandering,
candles, just some crowd in the centre of flaming pots
Some
strange road. We heard more than just this small room.
It
could come alive, the limits are close to the centre.
We
flew where the gates cross about
And
saw the no-one people speak empty streets
So
dimly lit. Don’t pity this one room,
It’s
time there’s quiet here, in the standing.