Vile May

Rain and hail bouncing off the window. Here is a May Song from my poetry collection Mothering Sunday

When I lived in London

I believed in True Love

and the passions of youth

ran warm through my blood

my arms were wide open

my heart was my Crown

my feet were quicksilver

and I sang through the town.

When May comes to London

light hums in the air

and blossoms burst out

in the parks and the squares

dawn comes by surprise

moist with soft rain

and the rain makes the city

sparkle again.

The heart has its summer

and its autumn days too

the dusk sinks from nowhere

and drives out the blue

eyes full of thunder

which were driving me mad

are clouded and secret

and make me feel sad

I'm sailing down South

where the sea it is blue

where the weather is warm

and the fishes fly too

goodbye to you sweetheart

with nothing to say

goodbye to the rain

and goodbye to the grey