Grey day

Cold, grey day

sky and sea at one

granite stone walls

mine engine house ruin.

Dead grass, light gravel

tarmac, sand, grit,

patches of cropped turf

green amongst the dull.

Black and white two magpies

eye catching in the leaden

wagtail, blackbird, chaffinch

perch on hoary bush.

Rabbits grazing on the ground

black ears flicking,

twitching, hopping,

movements on the grey.

Shades lacklustre now

sky and sea just slate

muted colour of the landscape

surprised by sunshine colour.

Yellow of the gorse

radiant, brilliant, refulgent

ray of sunshine strikes the land

look attentively

this day is far from grey.