patterning
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Keys in my hand
turning
rolling
running
flowing across fingers
squeeze slipslide
Around again
patterning
turn again
patterning
again again again
patterning as I sit
Sat this front row
hearing choirs sing
hearing voices dance
patterning
patterning
patterning as I sit
Beside me
you notice me
patterning as I sit
snap you say stop
stop disturbing
stop me be still
I cannot We argue Your clenched fury
stop almost silently me needing to howl
will not creating waves but silent
stop disturning others around wanting to run
patterning even as I disturbed only you but staying
patterning still as I sit patterning to the end
Across the room
a singer
now silent
sits in green
watching with care
understanding
I crossed
we shared long
in silent solidarity
before I moved
wanting to find thee
knowing thou wert there
Milling half-known
awkward incongruences
searching
with eyes and heart
finally finding sensing
thee ready to leave
Thou in thine way
that isn't my way
but time enough
to tell thee without words
holdbeheld
before parting
15th July – 4th September 2023