threshold

dawn walk
hazel/birch
wild garlic/bluebells
orchids/brambles

beneath the trees

dark pools
slow-moving forms
beneath the surface
salmon
spawning
dying

nests above
blue fragments

i stood at the forest edge
glen brittle

you saw me
i startled
and ran into the forest

the light changed

the heron flew low

wings beating

eclipse

listener

returned

home

the tallest trees

the last word

washing up

remaining

untouchable

returning

i told you to move

you stood your ground

circling

screeching

you didn’t carry me away

at the top of the garden

honeycomb walls

i entered the flower

i was the visitor

returning

again and again

i held the shore

i called

i held my ground

the tide came in

i waited

rustling in the undergrowth

the berries ripening

i came to pick

i watched you

you were watching

beneath the trees, 2026

presences at the threshold