Burkey

By Burkey

The Field

This field has been unchanged for centuries.
We know from early maps
it was the same three-cornered field
of just two acres, give or take, so think
of all those owners who would say,
if asked, "This is my field" but that's untrue,
we do not own, we simply keep
it in our care a little while then hand it on.
The field itself remains, and works
its annual miracle: each spring
all life renews itself, it all begins again,
afresh, new buds, new growth, new nests,
spring flowers, bees, butterflies, they come
year on year the same. Like us
they live their lives as fully as they can
and then pass on - the field remains.
Pete Crowther

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