Chidham Point

From Chidham Point,
I look back at her,
In Zwischenlicht.

It is cooling,
After the fire.
The headland paths are old:

As if I'd been abandoned.
The shore gatherers
Leave, empty.

The tide receded,
After the days,
Sudden, collapse.

18 September 2000 (Revised 26th. December, 2006)