1st December

Two gulls silhouette

Against the casual blue of

A December dawn,

Frost links bare fields

Before the winter sunlight

Lulls them into life

But by nine o'clock

North facing roofs are still white

From the midnight chill.

Commuters shiver

As they wait for their train which

Is delayed once more

And morning's beauty

Can't conceal the fact that you

Are not beside me.

Brian Hick December 2009

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