the hilltops
are a darker blue
against a dark blue sky
and here I am
braking to avoid
rabbits!
running out in-
to the headlight beam
to disappear into
the dark void on my left
quite soon we reach the watershed
where we park up
it’s like that point
you reach on breathing in
the pause
before you breathe out
the top of a hill
a moment of stasis
where everything makes sense
we step
out of the car
breathe in
breathe out
,
,
Dominic Rivron
.