Grab Your Coat

Grab your coat
we’re going out
Now
Somewhere, there, anywhere

Not when the sun is right
or the wind is light
when the floor is swept
or the inbox cleared

Grab your warmest jacket
this earth can’t wait one minute longer
No, we don’t have time for me to explain
No, it doesn’t matter what shoes you wear

When we are facing into the cold spray
our hands dug deep into warm pockets
We’ll witness the sea birds
piloted by wild winds
Feel the small pebbles tremble
as the waves hurtle head-first
arguing incessantly with the shore

JANE O’SHEA
from ‘In Your Smallest Pocket’