Church Bells

Church bells woke me up

Flooded with childhood thoughts

A castaway, the lone remains

Decay beneath the evergreen

Church bells woke me up at noon

Phoned five of my friends last night

Trying to reach you, or at least

Hoping maybe you had been seen

Church bells woke me up

From the garden to the mess it makes

I swore I could see your blue face

And now I sort through the strandline

Your highwater mark made