Dawn Birth

(Another from Pashley Manor, East Sussex)

It's late, but having just ousted my lovely teenage son from this seat, I feel I have to make the most of it (besides, the seat's still warm, and the house has a definate chill to it that wasn't there a week ago! :-) ) Sleep is calling, but I just found a poem that has been hidden away in my writing bag for some time, and could do with an airing. I like it - it was written for a children's book (to follow the first one, not yet sent off for publishing! :-D ) , but there's a few adults who said it evoked a memory of belief in magic that has been buried under the layers we swamp ourselves in...

[Poem Dawn Birth removed for publication Aug 2017]