Scanning the Distance There you were, out of the corner of my eye, laughing as I sped past pretending not to see, scanning the distance for my baby son; you, hiding behind a gorse bush no bigger than you were, both golden in the sun. In the blink of my mind I see you still, smiling as you ran into that distance of time and space while I walk, slowly, marvelling at a child now older than I was then, when you hid from me, and I, turning quickly, found you and the years quite gone, in the…
