Sounds
Sometimes here
it’s hard to tell
the sound of the wind
from the sound of the waves
or the sound of the waves
from the sound of the rain
or the sound of the wind
and the waves and the rain
from the sound of my breath.
Norman Bissell
Sometimes here
it’s hard to tell
the sound of the wind
from the sound of the waves
or the sound of the waves
from the sound of the rain
or the sound of the wind
and the waves and the rain
from the sound of my breath.
from Slate, Sea and Sky: a journey from Glasgow to the Isle of Luing (Edinburgh: Luath Press, 2007)
Reproduced by permission of the author.
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