Today we met, and we remembered.

It was a day for dog walks, for family, and for visiting small graveyards tucked into the folds between the buildings.

The tides ebbed and flowed, and the sun came out in sudden shafts. Life itself felt as if it was moving all around us. Skeins of geese poured across the sky unaware of the sadness below, while children, suddenly bored, burst into cartwheels and play. They were excited to be there, and to see this new grouping collect and connect – strangers they had never known, who might re-emerge in faded photographs when they, the children themselves, were old.

The great wheel of life was turning and we turned to – happy to be together.

Copyright Georgie Knaggs & The Phraser 2023