THE HEDGEROW'S SHRILL

THE HEDGEROW'S SHRILL

In quietness of time

near waters edge

the day with songs

and love to pledge

past like shadows

over serene hills

of sweet hedgerow's

broken shrill.

To find life's gentle space,

to celebrate life's simple grace

is to earth and friend

like road's bend

amongst more hedgerows still.

Across fertile valley

ploughed and new

we walk with spring

just numbered two

A distant hill

knowing still

good life exists beyond

the hedgerow's shrill.