Smallwhite – a poem by Martin Towers

Smallwhite
 
 
settle on to me. There is no one here.
I will keep my arm in the sun for you.
 
They are all in town or at the Credit Union
at the end of the street.
 
I would feel the touch of you sat on me 
and would not move or blink.
 
We could open everything and the river 
would rise, clear completely and She   
 
would come down swimming for us
while the others are all away.

And the mirrored gulls would fly along with Her. 
Around Her. In silence.

Martin Towers lives in the seaside town of Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Mid Wales. He is a support worker for people who have a learning disability.
Videos of his poetry are on the YouTube channel of Professor J J Badger. Go to @Profjjb