When the news stops
and the light gathers clear,
here, if we pause,
we simply love each other.
And this – while the trees
and the afternoon
enfold us.
And this – regardless
of whether we notice
it or not.
Gallagher
23Sep24
Christchurch
Archive for the ‘People’ Category
2024-09-23 – When the news stops
Monday, September 23rd, 20242024-09-25 – The evening fire
Thursday, September 26th, 2024I’ve been out and seen the world
in the restless years
passing through
the storms of passions
and changing alliances.
It’s all far away now
as the evening’s fire begin to burn.
I no longer yearn for the open highways
and the thrill of razor mountains.
Here, I’m settled in a quiet way now
with the hands of familiarity embracing me.
I am home after a long journey,
settled into a loving now,
which wishes
nothing else.
Gallagher
25Sep2024
Christchurch
– to the music of “My Thieving Heart”
by Sivert Høyem & Marie Munroe
2024-09-25#2 – Gerry
Thursday, September 26th, 2024It’s a sad and relentless time
waiting for a friend to die.
Time crawls towards the moment
when he will be gone
and we cannot return afterwards.
All the memories, jointly held,
will be mine, alone, then.
Half of their meanings gone
and all of the living embrace
of a friendship vanished.
Gallagher
25Sep2024
Christchurch
– About Gerry Briggs in Paris
approaching his end. He died
on October 3rd.