and these leafy mysteries

and the silence of the eve

and in the shady trees I swing

& in the dappled orchards heat

where I lie & wait

wait for the breeze

to carry me



to a place I can lose myself

no time just somewhere else

with a face I can recognise

-I forget sometimes

thats always been here



And all these leafy mysteries

& the changing of the seas

& all the secrets of the tide

just open up the world I find-

so small to me

when theres so much to see

so much to be



day up & the grasses hiss

get up! Like sweet lips they kiss

see now that youre part of it

I forget sometimes

Thats always been here



And these leafy mysteries

Have always been & always will

& in the shady trees I swing

& in the dappled orchards heat

-where I lie & wait

wait for the breeze

to hunger me-

wait for the trees

to breathe in to me