The flower in this image found
a new life. It appeared at the
The Tate Modern,
and now is at a site of destruction.
A destruction of a person.
This poem is for her.

A walk into the white
We breathe the white quiet
beauty of the brook,
snow slipping silently
from the leaves,
dusting the face
with a feathers touch.
A sign in another place,
" kindly respect the
silence of others."
We walked in another time,
fuelled with fears of madness,
hers and mine.
Fears imagined and fears realised,
dissolving now in the
sparkling snow on the
silent walk into the white.
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©1999-2002 Clare O Hagan