Before setting out

A kiss and a cup of tea

A different war

A place of dreaming

That space between night and day

All is possible

From Kadoma’s hill

I saw a million stars

Above a vast plain

The simplest of things

Family, coffee, hot toast

Precious moments

A frosty morning

A trip to the bakery

Smell of baking bread

I miss your beauty.

Your soaring flight, deadly swoop,

Silence of your wings

A picture window

At what speed does a hawk fly?

Life ends abruptly

Every meeting

We are startled by the hawk

Imprinted on glass

Oh birds forgive us

Our sleek towers, bright mirrors

A city of glass

what beautiful wings

a fine feathered impression

etched on a glass pane