He had to concede His heart Had been Attached To so many moments belonging to So many others Honestly Sincerely he had heard So many Empty words To keep him there And too Had spoken them Meaning to make them True To make them Real always searching testing each horizon exploring the romance between the sun and clouds the skies and sea observing the reflections happy on whatever shore he had made a temporary landing seeing the beauty where others saw only fear surrounded by animals delighting in each and every manifestation obvious or no loving the light in their eyes as it sparkled back at his so that he could know that he lived there finding hope in the shadows sharing without words knowing only that exquisite moment when nature gives herself up to you understanding that moment of closeness a special companion teaching you trust humility courage joy in the play of a special life knowing why when to lead when to follow Understanding by nature loyalty integrity accepting the slightest lightest gift he had lost the urgent need to recognise register and record what lay before him as his younger selfhood had required an ancient semaphore in reflected light fleeting tattoos on an ocean’s body hope in the shadows defeating the barbed hooks of humanity
