POETRY KITe ANTHOLOGY

a trip up the tower

at the top of The Anglican Cathedral in Liverpool
3rd May 2007

when you are on the street
everything in Liverpool
is busy with people
cars and busses
but today my children
brought me up here
above the noise and rush
climbing stairs
to the highest point
in the city

from here
when I look down
I see trees

trees in gardens
and streets
trees growing in areas
and on old chimneys
trees small and large
their green canopies
marking their presence
almost unnoticed by
passers by

you see on the ground
Liverpool is tarmac
and brick
but from here
it is a forest
breathing with the wind

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