Oleander Fair

Oleander fair;
your head resting on a verdant bank
with starkest lilies for your pillow
reflecting the harsh sunlight to light your grey eyes…

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White Lillies – a gothic love story

When first I saw you,
you were lying on a green bank laughing at the sky
as you watched the clouds scud by
and you saw all kinds of shapes in those clouds
and gasped in awe as the myriad of birds
soared and wheeled through the clouds.

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Smile!

Today, a friend told me of the death
of a close friend of his:
“He was depressed,” he told me,
“but no-one listened.”
He went to the railway station
and threw himself under a train…

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