‘I’m not coming to the Revolution
unless there’s dancing’ – ROSA LUXEMBOURG
A notable mark,
the biblical span
worth celebrating,
so let’s dance, it’s
not downhill all the way
unless life is lived
on a sledge, headlong
into the unknown,
the ice shooting you
into your personal
Narnia, a world of
challenges where you
can stay forever young
and always beautiful
as long as you believe
the Ice Queen will not
hold the world frozen
without resistance.
As ever, Blake was right,
Energy is eternal delight,
the Ice Queen & her lovers
of darkness know this,
they are powerless in
the face of the one true
power, which shines out
and shines on, from the
heart, reaching out in
fellowship, person to
person, love is the oil
in the lamp, shine on.
This poem and ‘Meadow Cranesbill’ are reprinted by kind permission of the author from In My Dreams, Again (Penniless Press 2017).
Brian Docherty lived in London for many years and now lives on the Sussex Coast. His other collections include Only in St Leonards: A Year on the Marina (Special Sorts Press 2017) and Woke Up this Morning (Smokestack Books 2012).