“Sleepy Sovereign” by Mael Brigde

Sleepy Sovereign

streams like clean blood run

when you roll in sleep

stones settle back on silty beds

strands of glistening bubbles

scurry from your healing mouth

when you awake in spring

serpent peeps from her mound

birds gather in readiness

sun opens a groggy eye

before the first green shoot of spring

copyright Mael Brigde 2016

Image: Blackstones Bridge by Graham Horn. The River Caragh is quite turbulent at this point, even in its low state. (17 April 2008) From geograph.org.uk. Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license.