I feel like I haven’t quite been able to have my usual focus on nature that often pops up in my writing recently, so I’m happy to report that this week’s poem veers directly into those cosy, comforting nature themes – with a splash of fairytale fantasy. This is the twentieth entry in my song-inspired poem series and it was inspired by ‘San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)’ by Scott McKenzie. I hope you enjoy this one!
First Poem In This Series: To Witness, To Behold, inspired by ‘Sowing The Seeds Of Love’ by Tears For Fears
Previous Poem In This Series: Living, Memory & Act, inspired by ‘Lust For Life’ by Iggy Pop
A Moment’s Show
Just there, between hedgerow
and the elderly shelter of tree;
see how the light scatters
between each leaf, formed just so,
all siblings but none twins–
and where the gold merges and fractures,
where you feel you must squint,
or hold a hand to your sun-lined forehead–
just there, mistaken for the dew,
maypole dancing with blades of grass,
with shard of petal atop their heads,
and voices too small for you to hear–
as distinct as every bee’s ‘z’–
just there, but don’t blink,
because a second is a season
for those beautiful, fragile beings–
some say, even to acknowledge them,
is to dance on a spider web tightrope
between seeing, and knowing,
and unseeing, but remembering;
yet just there, for now, they live,
and dance, and if you hold your breath,
you may watch them for a moment more.
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Oskar Leonard 
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