Drawing by Judith Wolfe
Shae MacMillan

Poems


      WHAT IS LIFE?

      Death is a solution.
      The problem being: no alternative.
      No space left on the train.
      The sacrifice is given
      - so the journey may continue for others.

      The moon acknowledges our passing respectfully.
      Slowly dressing in black
      To leave and come back.
      Until the next one is born
      She weeps.

      We all have our own single path
      Which we must walk through history.

      Does the future
      Stay steady and firm?
      Like an arrow already in flight
      Sailing through to strike its target.
      Is it a deer or a lion?

      Are we on target or are we amiss?
      Or even the point that life actual y is a tree
      And our brief lives are its roots.
      Sustaining the beautiful symbol
      Of strength.
      We are alive in a forest within a forest.
      And those who live
      Must be strong.

      PICKING STRAWBERRIES FROM YOUR LIPS

      Picking strawberries from your lips
      A favourite pastime of mine.
      Yours?
      I'm not sure which­
      Catching me from falling
      Or yielding me more sweet berries.


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