Leaving

I came across a marvelous little book of poems and photographs in an art gallery in Grosmont when guiding recently on the Coast to Coast path. I was very moved emotionally by the quality of the poems by  Phil Cornelius. He deserves to be famous. You can buy the book called ' Shadowlands ' on line at www.philcornelius.co.uk  Here is one poem called ' Leaving '

Leaving

One day I will leave this place.

I will blow through the trees with the rain

And listen as the leaves fall like snow.

One day I will talk to the mountains

And they will smile.

I will shelter from the beat

of a butterfly's wings

And hear spiders walk.

One day when the tears and the fears

And the years have slipped away,

I will light a fire on a beach.

The smoke will take me to the stars

And I will be free.