High tension wires

by T.P. Wilkinson / July 17th, 2022

From life‘s abrasions (photo: Faye Sarras)

Your sparkle below the peaks
receding, then rises to give
my day its glow.
The streams through which
wade your fingers
bear sentiments that linger.
So my feet and hands
from life’s abrasions
protected are by greatest reason.

T.P. Wilkinson, Dr. rer. pol. writes, teaches History and English, directs theatre and coaches cricket between the cradles of Heine and Saramago. He is author of Unbecoming American: A War Memoir and also Church Clothes, Land, Mission and the End of Apartheid in South Africa. Read other articles by T.P..

This article was posted on Sunday, July 17th, 2022 at 8:02am and is filed under Poetry.