weekend
Down the deep dust-road
a figure walks, alwasy
the same distance away
Time now for thinking
the landscape is stilled
no rattan of industry
the view from the balcony
peaceful and calm
the weather is temperate
the sun yellows the hills
greens them with shadow
The lawns of the houses
are brown with proximity
mountains become blue
with horizon viewed mystery
I have awaited this weekend
Now here in tranquility
the air full of expectancy
there is little to think about
A cabbage white butterfly
flitters across the picture
my window of peacefulness
an oasis of beauty
framed by Friday and Monday
Geoff Stevens
