For Rebecca

Hushed summer leaves whose ancient song,
played rain-dropped tunes to times refrain.
Such subtle notes - chords rose and fell -
they walked in hayley wood.

Boughs folded o'er - protective arms -
a beach-leafed shield for human souls.
Remembered still, that timeless day,
by temporal human hearts.

image; Art Johnstone ‘Rebecca’ Hayley Wood 2019. A simple walk - as the rain gently feel on translucent leaves - Haley Wood Gloucestershire.