March 15, 2015

THE  PIER

The feel of wood on the soles of
my bare feet as I stand still here

on a pier - with the licking, lapping
sound of water just below....
I love being on a wooden pier.

What a great place for wood -

better than a casket but - but wouldn’t

it be nice if  wood in the forest

still growing - still alive - had a

say in their future: table, desk,

cradle, rocking chair, pier platform,

then again there is the horror

of a forest fire that wipes away

700 miles of woodland in a single day.

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2019