Look for me

Look for me when the tide is high
and the gulls are wheeling overhead
when autumn wind sweeps the cloud sky
and one by one the leaves are shed.

Look for me when the trees are bare
and the stars are bright in the frosty sky
when the morning mist hangs on the air
and the shorter darker days pass by.

I am there, where the river flows
and the salmon leap in the silver Lune
where insects hum and the tall grass grows
and sunlight warms the afternoon.

I am there in the busy street 
I take your hand in the city square
In the market place where the people meet
In your quiet room - I am there.

I am the love you cannot see
and all i ask - is look for me.
.
Iris Hesselden