Confined
Am considering using this Maori Magpie design on the cover of my sanctuary-themed series.
It also serves to illustrate the next poem in the collection.
Confined
My life has shrunk
into the confines
of a stark box room.
Locked into celibacy
and silence, I withdraw
into watercolour,
express myself
in a gallery of insects,
trees and wildflowers,
wait for a black bird;
rook, raven or crow
to call me home.