The New Windmills

The New Windmills


The new windmills
Aluminum shafts suddenly growing
On the high ridge across the bay
Remind me of half forgotten pictures
Of Calvary Hill
More crosses now
More thieves to worship




Slowly the sunlight changes angle
The crosses disappear
To memory
Shafts of sunlight
Pick out a further city
Modern apartment buildings
Peek through a further pass
And darken again

The autumn light fades to evening
I watch flecks of snow
Blow across the sea
Evolving into gulls
Taking flight once more
Waiting for the evening fleet
To come with loads of fish
Cleaning their scuppers
For another avian cena

Just before we are left in darkness
Just before the lights of Mount Kronios
Flicker on to create the castle of fantasy again
Just before the line of street lights in Ribera
Divide heaven and earth again
The crosses glow again
Then fade into the whispers
Of Sicilian Vespers

R Stevan Jonas