WAVES

         All Soul’s Day 

   2nd November 2020

Our hands wave 

for our hellos.

In walking

in talking

in holding hands

we take the other hand

to hold

to be held.

We are both held by the other.

In the silence between us

the sound of lapping waves

then the cresting and crashing

names written in sand are washed away

a return to silence.

In holding hands 

in walking

in talking

we take the other hand

we hold

we behold 

we don’t hold on.

We are all held by another.

We let the hand go

We wave goodbye.

“Good night, God bless, safe home.”

Colin McKeown