Familiar dawn is late rising today / rush of the north brings haze to distant / skyscape and / nearer steeples / puffs of steam dot your vision / a room with a view / gathering dust fondly brushes busy windowsill / lost highlighter / dried flowers of autumn / a companion to fingers smudges / painting personal picture / low hum of heating / your tinnitus / for leaving comes with a price steeper than / winter electricity bills / a glimpse towards a horizon that / is not different to yesterday but / looks slightly crisper / the lone buzz of children in the playground a / soundtrack that cuts but / is warm in the grasp of the fourth season / day and night jostling for / position in the 4 o’clock / shade / a darkness permeated by / spots of light / from window / from plane / from eyes / which blink as stars ponder return / in the gathering darkness