Sun, shadow, leaf and grass
every wood and field we pass
invites escape as, caged in glass,
I sweat the journey through.
Sun, shadow, grass and leaf
offer to unstook my sheaf
of thoughts, to thresh out sweet relief
all not concerned with you.
Leaf, grass, shadow, sun
my grainy thoughts have now begun
to grow and spread and ear till none
of mes apart from you
Grass, leaf, sun, shadow,
barn, pool, copse, meadow
now a town hurls past to widow
all my thoughts of you.
Sun, shadow, leaf and grass
fade and wither: through the glass
I watch the sullen people pass
and none of them is you.