Winter Star
WINTER STAR
Dedicated to our dear friend Dave Senior, RIP Dear Heart
Hello my friend, my soul aches
At finding you still in pain
But what better symbol
Could you have been for me then?
Sacrifice, resurrection and beginning again
Once I had seen you I could not stop
Every time I came here I seemed to cry a lot
Calling your name endlessly out loud
With the taste of copper in my mouth
You put up with my rages, regrets and frustrations
Letting me see your leaves shiver with sensation
Against the sliding metallic sheen of this night
The air like rippling silver shards
Cutting into me like glass
Piercing my heart until I could see a thousand stars
You were so human I wondered if you would
Reach down and place your boughs around me
But you were also tied in your own way
Caught up, longing to be free
Twisting in the wind
Masquerading as a tree
Just as I wander in this twilight world
Never really quite understanding
Why you have so much love for me
*****
This work is another in my series of The Christ Tree poems, and I am including it here in this most recent series of images as a dedication to a dear friend of ours who we heard had passed away suddenly, unexpectedly, while we were recovering from Covid.
Dave Senior was a gentle, kind man, an incredibly talented designer and illustrator, and we will miss him terribly. Dave always encouraged and supported my work, and I will miss his quiet guidance. Our thoughts are with his family.
Dave found his own healing in the natural world, and I am sure he is following his own river, down to the sea.
With this work I have paired U2’s ‘One Tree Hill’, an early, emotive, live version.
And if you would like to see more of my work, please have a look at my website:
Winter Star
WINTER STAR
Dedicated to our dear friend Dave Senior, RIP Dear Heart
Hello my friend, my soul aches
At finding you still in pain
But what better symbol
Could you have been for me then?
Sacrifice, resurrection and beginning again
Once I had seen you I could not stop
Every time I came here I seemed to cry a lot
Calling your name endlessly out loud
With the taste of copper in my mouth
You put up with my rages, regrets and frustrations
Letting me see your leaves shiver with sensation
Against the sliding metallic sheen of this night
The air like rippling silver shards
Cutting into me like glass
Piercing my heart until I could see a thousand stars
You were so human I wondered if you would
Reach down and place your boughs around me
But you were also tied in your own way
Caught up, longing to be free
Twisting in the wind
Masquerading as a tree
Just as I wander in this twilight world
Never really quite understanding
Why you have so much love for me
*****
This work is another in my series of The Christ Tree poems, and I am including it here in this most recent series of images as a dedication to a dear friend of ours who we heard had passed away suddenly, unexpectedly, while we were recovering from Covid.
Dave Senior was a gentle, kind man, an incredibly talented designer and illustrator, and we will miss him terribly. Dave always encouraged and supported my work, and I will miss his quiet guidance. Our thoughts are with his family.
Dave found his own healing in the natural world, and I am sure he is following his own river, down to the sea.
With this work I have paired U2’s ‘One Tree Hill’, an early, emotive, live version.
And if you would like to see more of my work, please have a look at my website: