You Would Understand Why
\nYou would understand why –
\nWhy lilac and Chopin go together –
\nJust before spring or after winter\u2019s
\nRetreat back into the earth –
\nOur beginning and our end –<\/p>\n
You would understand this –
\nThis sudden sadness and lack of will –
\nThen my body feels full-up with stones –
\nThe bricks and mortar of a soul
\nHeavy with old places and faces;
\nNot to be loved again –<\/p>\n
You would understand how –
\nHow to fly across the rain
\nTo a burning sun –
\nHow to laugh wine out of green bottles
\nAnd break glasses into thousands
\nAnd thousands of happy pieces.<\/p>\n
You would understand now –
\nAll you refused to need before –
\nBefore the floors were swept
\nWith new bright brooms and our rooms
\nWere changed, our furniture sold
\nAnd out hearts broken because hearts
\nAlways break –
\nThe pubs are closed till \u2018opening time\u2019 –
\n\u2018Our\u2019 books are waiting to be written –
\nBeneath this smile there\u2019s a scar –<\/p>\n
You would understand the importance,
\nThe importance of \u2018emotional pens\u2019
\nLilac and Chopin before love-making
\nOr after a long journey and sleep –
\nQuick as a flash a fast car
\nPasses the window
\nQuick as a flash time leaves us old –<\/p>\n
\u00a9\u00a0Sh\u00e4nne Sands<\/span><\/p>\n From the selection ‘Silver Hooves’ by\u00a0Sh\u00e4nne Sands to be\u00a0 published by FootSteps Press August 2011. www.footsteps.co<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" You Would Understand Why You would understand why – Why lilac and Chopin go together – Just before spring or after winter\u2019s Retreat back into the earth – Our beginning and our end – You would understand this – This sudden sadness and lack of will – Then my body feels full-up with stones –…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[650],"class_list":["post-1489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily","tag-shanne-sands"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/daniel.footstepsbooks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/daniel.footstepsbooks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/daniel.footstepsbooks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daniel.footstepsbooks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daniel.footstepsbooks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1489"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/daniel.footstepsbooks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1489\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/daniel.footstepsbooks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daniel.footstepsbooks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daniel.footstepsbooks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}