Gillian Swain - day one - #36

fireworks on tv 

somewhere closer they crack the sky

already lightening had astounded night   way

beyond   its own   intention

hold someone else's  dog   she 
trembles in   my arms   coaxed 
her out from under the bed

sip sweet the   sleepy   tea from a friend

miss my lover   want all my kids

thank each moment as it comes and passes

feel the air   oceanic around me

petrichor    seeps in   to   me

burns off   a year of  unsayable emotion
months of   heavy handed   weather  and
day breaks that   sang  shrill
the heart   a prodigy in   revival

these past few days have seared

and tonight

at last   the last of it   is shed
another calendar put to bed and light spray
until now unseen   
colour promise 

new tempts me
let it begin