The Rambling Park of My Youth
Through wrought-iron gates
Sits an empty football field
Mist-edged grass, host to dawn-frolicking rabbits
A serpentine path leads into the surrounding woodlands
Twists and twines through towering trees
Down to the river’s edge
These waters have seen their fair share of skin
And the dampened soil and sand of its banks
Have relished the warmth of young buttocks
Pressed close in the dappled summer sun
As a falcon watches beneath a canopy of exotic foliage
The both of us waiting
‘til time is opportune
Benjamin Blake was born in the July of 1985, and grew up in the small town of Eltham, New Zealand. He is the author of the poetry and prose collections, A Prayer for Late October, Southpaw Nights, Reciting Shakespeare with the Dead, and Standing on the Threshold of Madness, and the novel, The Devil’s Children. Find more of his work at www.benjaminblake.com
