Retreat Reflection

Birds cry out to each other
East group to west group 
From their trees and branches
Dragonfly flies by me
Hovers over the water lilies
Goldfish in the pond
Motionless, still

A plane high overhead
Travels unknown 
Sounds of running water
Black cat treads slowly 
Through long grass 
Glancing at me in its stealth
Following the path once again, it’s gone 

 Crows swirl high above
Calling out in signals and code
Has time stood still here 
In this lush valley
Nothing changed in hundreds of years
Sun still sunning, shining bright
Clouds still afloat across the vast sky
Choosing to play hide and seek with the sun

As old as the hills 
Solid and secure, unmovable, reliable 
Patchwork patterns of grass
Chenille moss and heathers 
Hedges that border, providing security for life
Rocks as old as time
Planted firmly, deeply rooted to earths core

A cars tyres on the gravel
Bring me back to now
Here, present in this age that I’m in
Modern times, but each generation
Has its view of modern
Until it doesn’t, when it realises
There’s nothing new under this sun