Forgive until tomorrow for I cannot write,
For fear that stalks me on this silent night...

I can no longer count the tears,
Endless and silent they have fallen...

I awoke like a bullet.
For one dreadful moment...

You called today on one of your ' Official Visits...
The place where tempers had been silenced, and...

I chanced a walk in Countersett,
This New Year...

It's bluest cold and darkest grey
And you will never pass this way...

Until a kiss such as this will arouse you,
When my sweet birds will launch from the nest...

I know that you will track me here
By this stream where my words freely flow...

I will remember for the distance,
Your first forlorn, enchanting cry...

My love you are a mystery of tangled dreams to me,
A slice of life so rich my palate burns to taste...

So now you stand out from the shadows my darling,
Without now the need for disguise...

So soon when the morning light washes,
The land with its blanket of white...