Sea Change

1

wrap this around you
for winter
booted and spurred
as you pull
reluctant horses through the snow
in pursuit
of civic harmony
let this memory
warm you

it will be there

2

don’t stay out too long where
wolves are howling
and people wear
nightmares in their hair

love is a thread
through the labyrinth
stretch out your hand

in their divine aspect around you
all your friends stand

the angel burning in the glass
tells you it’s easy
each time you wash your face

3

you are walking
in my shoes
I’d know them anywhere

once
I took an axe to my favourite tree
I was a fool
not to see
that you can’t accept
what you can’t refuse
that you cannot win
what you cannot lose