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I have watched folk on mountain tops

gone on walks with them and

when they say, that’s a/what a… LOVELY view!

asked, What do you mean?

I wrote these words a few years ago ..

That's a nice view!

That's a nice view !

What do you mean?

A patch of blue here,

green there, two greys-

or do you like it for its promises

you may never call upon-

that lake to swim,

that field to smell the hay,

those two hills to climb,

one today, another tomorrow?

This is a nice spot!

What do you mean?

that lush titanium white

with lemon and blue let in,

to paint the soaking grass

that catches the sky -

gold rods of bracken

on a bed of pale sienna,

the acid green that coils

to make unfurling shoots?

No, just the feel of the place...

the way the birches soften the wind.

This is a nice place!

What do you mean

This gulley, its dainty birches,

hearing Smetana or Schubert

as the twinkling stream

tumbles over polished stones

through golden weed and jewelled rocks,

to the seals in the bay?

Or is it knowing you lie beside

spotted trout, and otters

that hunt in the dusk?

No, just lying here, the yellow tent sky

spattered with rain.. sounds of trickling..

the blackbird,

there he is,

undeterred,

undeterred,

promising tomorrow

will be even better.