I cherish the imprint
of that day at the beach when we gathered together
Before duty solidified
and we understood our new reality
When the spread of
disease was a tremor on another shore
Still we greeted each
other awkwardly, the usual embraces blocked
Our gaggle of
friendship both bonded and stretched by uncertainty
Sense of time
stalling, future oblique, for some work already lost
Walking in pairs there
is speculation over what more will be lost
The footstep rhythm
gives traction, we are drawing strength together
Learning from one
another what our response can be to uncertainty
We have met to be held
by the landscape, the ground of reality
Outside wide open, our
community will not remain blocked
Tracing the glorious
flourishes of a slow river to the shore
Shoes off now, warm soles,
dirt turns to sand on the shore
Sunlight thrashes over
a new horizon, it finds us lost
This global concern so
intimate our collective future blocked
Radiating heat and
truth the earth is holding us together
So many in danger of
falling through the cracks, this is the reality
The fault lines were
already there, let there be no uncertainty
Wind whips through my
hair, clarity replaces uncertainty
The glance and drag
pattern of the sea strokes a glistening shore
Ripples rush off
packed sand, it is an iridescent reality
In a totally new way I
am in this moment, lost
Our smiles touch and
this fresh presence we all share together
Hushed conversation
gives way to laughter we are no longer blocked
Somewhere certain
elite scramble to profit from disaster, they are blocked
I have a fleeting hope
they will change, or listen, or melt into uncertainty
Meanwhile clothes are
abandoned, the gentle waves call us together
Swimming is life, we
breathe in a cleansing, inhale the shore
Sand falling through
time, a groaning system forever
lost
Perhaps we are in the
birth pains of a new reality
We dance to warm up,
born is a playful reality
May this world wide
tragedy flush out all that is blocked
Let us struggle and
dream for what might be gained as well as lost
Where there is wisdom
let it be claimed by submitting to uncertainty
We dash off dunes,
rejoice in the sun, give thanks to a cartwheeling shore
Devising games,
sharing and innovating this is how we are together
That day we were not
lost but present with reality
In lockdown may we be
alone together and not remain blocked
Remembering the
stability of our shared uncertainty on the pristine shore
