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Friday, 10 November 2017

Black Hole

Black Hole

It reveals itself again,
As Winter’s reedy grass recedes,
Down there, at the foot of the fence,
A hole into a blackness beyond,
Where creatures scurry who knows whence.
A trail, a path so obvious now -
Damp, dark and muddy,
Between the slats of wood, a funnel,
Leading into the undergrowth,
Entering a tangled natural tunnel.
Deserted passage in the day,
Abandoned so it seems,
While ever there is light,
But a busy feral footpath,
And crowded highway throughout the night.
Leaving the ordered,
The known and familiar land,
Where garden crops are sown,
The track-way dives through the portal,
And disappears into an unknown.
So my mind tends to flow,
A blackness revealed in Winter:
Bad thoughts, tangled, confused,
A dark hole of depression,
An old pathway, well-used.


Copyright Andy Fawthrop 2017

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