Out There
northwest of nowhere
awake in the moonless hour
night hands back silence
chaffinch and blackbird
flute arpeggio colours
you statue-still
fantastic happens
once you have wings
imagine we could
swan away weightless
rove lakes
and why not
paint shadows
the length of perfumed poplar
van Gogh avenues
be box office autumn
out there
our leaves the last to drop
curled into smiles
that are certain
if it's not too much to ask
I'd settle for that
Paul Waring is a retired clinical psychologist from Wirral. His poetry is published in Prole, Atrium, Strix, Ink, Sweat & Tears, London Grip and elsewhere. Awarded second prize in the 2019 Yaffle Prize, commended in the 2019 Welshpool Poetry Competition, his debut pamphlet Quotidian is published by Yaffle Press.