of my red bicycle

on the green shores of summer,

my unruly hair casting shadows on the water,

my school work peppered with grape pips.

 

Pulling away, growing up, was hard

in that weather of thorns and stones,

I let the bright shining marbles slip from my fingers, one by one.

 

No-one to play with, I sat by the side of the road,

my bicycle, rusty in the shed,

that green shore, a picture on the wall.