Her Love Is in the Trees

from Rocky the Clown & Other Follies by David Creese

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I could not speak to her
In that cold splendour -
Standing in silence,
A candle lit as a prayer.

Lit behind by the lunch hour sun,
A statue of her holding a child.
Marble pillars, marble floor -
Even on my knees I cannot reach her.

Words become smoke –
Substance disappearing.
Outside, the trees stand in eloquent silence.

Do I ask, do I offer
Is not a question I ask
Under the foliage of an oak,
At the tangled foot of a beech.

Each worker has desk
Each desk has a screen –
A vast, brightly lit room,
Occupied by desks.
On each desk is a screen
At each screen is a person.

Her noble silence
I draw into my mind –
Do I ask, do I offer
Is not a question I ask
Under the foliage of an oak,
At the tangled foot of a beech.
Do I ask, do I offer
Her noble silence -

Her love is in the trees.

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from Rocky the Clown & Other Follies, released July 31, 2022

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David Creese England, UK

David Creese, founder of The Dumb Earth (Melbourne, Aust. 1993-2006)
and Mysteries (Mel, Aust. 2001- 2005),
drummer for Lizard Train (Adelaide, Aust. 1985-1996),
now occupied with self released albums of songs & narrations and composing music for the films of
Jason Tovey.
Latest album is Rocky the Clown & Other Follies. Spirit Monitors (2021) is a collaboration with Mike Cooper (YSF).
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