Chirk Castle

   
I returned to the castle garden,    
the day calm and still    
above, clouds heavy, rain cold  
as  summer showers can be.    
She stood as last year    
poised in naked dignity.    
Hello proud beauty    
do you remember me last year?    
I did not ask your name,    
you never asked me mine,    
I dreamed you leaning over me    
did I really kiss your breasts    
not knowing who you are?    
Please tell me who are you    
did you come from Rome    
to stand the English winters?    
I only visit here in summer,    
yet naked beauty    
all the winter through    
you wait for summer sun    
and me ?    
Did you wait for me?    
I think I saw you smile,    
or was it a trick of light.    
I am not here to dream again    
but talk about the day last year    
a day we lay upon the grass    
did no one see us there ?    
tell me pretty lady    
whisper in my ear.    
You are wiser far  than me    
tell me what you know    
standing in the rain    
your back, against the yew,    
a symphony to rival Brahms.    
I have seen but once.    
Turn your back again on me,    
let me know you've listened    
I am a fool  ...  ...  ...
There are others just like me    
who stand and stare before you.    
It was a dream I know,    
dreaming brought you here    
from quarry to this plinth.    
Your secret now I've guessed,   
he who carved you has your love    
do you dream to keep out the cold?    
Will he come and will you speak?    
if he does and if you will    
tell him I called.