Seeking
For Dannie Abse, Welsh poet, writer, physician. 1923-2014
Seeking a deeper sensibility
Like Dannie Abse’s,
I jettison the chaos of memory
For the right word
And the right resonance,
The psychological deep end
That refracts
A swimmer,
Forgetting how to swim,
A child,
In the boots of age,
Wryly recording
What looks like a long walk home.
So far, so good.
What do I do next, Master?
He said, For God’s sake, just be you.
By Paul John Roach
