Skylarking
She searches the sky most days.
Never says skies;
to her that one vastness
holds so much.
Sometimes she forgets
she cannot contemplate what exists above.
There are days she wants to pull down the clouds
to build a maze.
Days she wants to swallow the small ones;
their cold candyfloss hydration.
Days she wants to lie down on the side of a hill
with someone she loves
naming every shape.
Days she thinks she would be happy
just watching everything glide by
in the colour of swans.
Sue Finch’s debut collection, Magnifying Glass, was published in 2020. Her work has also appeared in a number of online magazines. She loves the coast, peculiar things and the scent of ice-cream freezers. You can often find her on Twitter here: @soopoftheday.
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