Silent Roads
(Pandemic)
limpid morning
liquid noon
falling stars and
swelling moon
roaming foxes
flitting bats
passing faces
passing steps
real colours
newborn light
flowing hours
breathing tide
sweeping herons
floating boats
swelling meadows
silent roads
real flavour
real sound
real labour
on the ground
nimble hands and
muddy boots
curling vines and
twisting roots
real treasures
on your spade
real colours
on your plate
real paper
flowing ink
time to wake and
time to think
time to sleep and
time to slow
time to weep and
time to grow
time to rise and
to rejoice
time to hoist your
real voice
Christina Egan © 2020
While London closed down to protect itself from the 2020 coronavirus, I was cut off from my job and from the internet for a while. (This blog ran on as pre-scheduled.)
I was very fortunate to spend many hours outdoors, working in my garden or walking under the countless trees and along the hidden rivers of London, and through the suburban roads, cleared at last of traffic and crowds. Spring brought splendid sunshine, as if it were already high summer.
There was time. There was air. There was life. For many who were not ill or caring for those who were ill, this must have been one of the best times of their life.
Tottenham Marshes / Tottenham Cemetery. Photographs: Christina Egan © 2020.







