Rewrite

Will You rewrite

And line

For line

Each

Every

Ever-living

Atom

That was mine?

And every flock

And fleck

And word

Of

Every

Feather-living

Song

Of every Bird?

And every fin

And gill

And scale

Of

Every

Water-breathing

Fish

And every Whale?

And every leaf

And branch

And bough

Of

Every

Ever-greening

Tree

Felled until now?

Will You rewrite

Dark earth

Deep sea

This

Grieved

And ever-groaning

Globe

And re-right Me?

— Christopher James