Although You Do Not Know Me
by Gwil Williams
Email: gwil@aon.at
“Long may the harlequinade spin out
if it takes us away from the tumbrel.”
Christy Brown
I thank you Christy Brown although you do not know me.
I feel I always will know you or at least that magical part of you
I find in the verses you kindly left with your photo
tucked inside the sleeve of a book's jacket.
I thank you Christy Brown although you do not know me.
I thank you for old Miss Mahaffey's rainbow fall of silk;
And the colours of the four winds and your patchwork bag
of magic and even Michael Joe's crying as no child.
I thank you Christy Brown for your snails and your skylarks
And your music and, yes, I come softly to your wake.
With my calm togetherness of hands I break the rugged crust
of your friendly bread and drink the winepress of the stars.
I thank you Christy Brown for the gleam in your eyes.
In your small photo I see the secret in your kind face.
Long and long may your harlequinade spin out
and take us all from the dark and into the place of song.
©2004Gwil Williams
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