Surface Traces

Exposed roots
Earth between strands
Ground skin breaks open

Root veins crosswise
Dust in the grooves
Earth between

Beneath the skin
Wood crosswise in the ground
Fibres under pressure

Between the knots
Earth in hollows
Ground in the weave

Darkness fades
Light dies away

Form falls apart.

Ash gives back
what the earth has kept.

Nothing returns
as it was.

Lead holds the glass
Light in fields
Dust in the lead seam

Lead strips before green
Forest in pieces
Glass under pressure

Light on stone
Wood in the grid
Edges of lead

Behind the strips
Distance in the glass
Dust at the line

Stone bench in the grass
Moss on the backrest
Rain darkens the stone

Surface of cold
Dust in the grooves
Lichens on stone

In the hollow
Moisture in the stone
Green at the edge

At the sitting place
Cold in the stone
Pressure mark in the hollow

Hairline joint in the stone
Moisture draws into the line
Dust in the trace

Stone edges tight
Sand in the seam
Shadow narrow

In the narrow crack
Earth clings to the stone
Root fibre takes hold

Along the trace
Stone under pressure
Line in the joint

Water runs onto sand
Foam before the edge
Grain darkens

The pull draws back
Shell fragments hold wetness
Salt on the grains

Seaweed crosswise in the edge
Gravel roughens the line
Foam breaks against it

Water at the edge
Sand yields under foam
Line in the pull

Light grazes the wood
Dust in the grain
Glass ring sinks in

Hand trace on the tabletop
Abrasion lightens the spot
Scratch across the fibre

Crumb in the notch
Wax in the cut
Pressure in the wood

At the table edge
Darkness at the wood
Wear at the edge