comfortably

your summer day pale blue
denim shirt
is still in use
so soft and sweetly well-worn
as the dawn chorus

inside the cool denim
against your warm heart
you'll hold a sleeping baby
comfortably

you're Hercules
in the sky when night falls
you'll spread your denim shirt
across the wide expanse
a peaceful shield
with holes for stars



Vera Kelgart  (with crystal 'Dolphin mother')  2016