Poetry#16 – The Grave on Lowe Isle

The Grave on Lowe Isle

 

Beneath the vine-scrub tree

where pigeons coo a lullaby

and palm trees sigh

by water’s edge

stone arms enfold

your decayed body

your heart space clasped

in clam-shell hands

reach for a far-off land 

Calling.


 

 

 

Adventurous daughter

what led you to this tiny cay?

voiceless stone confounds

who venture to this dot of sand

did you possess

a soul that wandered

in futile scientific search

though body surrendered

remaining with the nidicolous pigeon

Calling.

 

Exiled sister

did you shed suffocating

bindings of Victoriana

a suffragette escaping

exchanging the satin cage

for mud, mould mosquitos

did you leave a mother

Calling.