Still here

bye bye

I have always felt closer

to funerals than to weddings

something about it,

the no choice identifying features of a funeral

versus the other one,   

a block?

Aye, a block!

It took me long enough to realise I was here to steady the boat

                                      & not to rock it,

soul-wise

the chess pieces etc have been doing their best

to put us all in the drink

for a long time now

still

and yet not so still,

on/off with the telly

on/on with your phone

from a caller with-held

being scared and unfriendly to youz
                                                 so

all the balloons        r

left to burst in the air

in their own time

in their own space                 thankfully, & no thanks to us,

a wee bit of rain falls

as the couples kiss

and the bodies burn.