It's been years since we could say
‘with luck, we'll meet again',
since now we know for certain
we'll only meet on Judgement Day.

I know you'd cheer me up.

You'd tell me,
‘those black school tights
looked gorgeous on your legs.'

If only, just for once,
I could see
your shy glance
stop fluttering and fall
and be riveted
once more
on my laces.

Heads or tails?

Before waking from a night
of tossing and turning, maybe

I'll meet you again
under the wings
of a rambling rose by a stream
in a dream broken
by the buzzing of a bee
round a pomegranate,
split open.