Among The Ruins

Here, where history was once

played out as present day,

canons congregated in cloisters

and carried out the mundane tasks

of everyday living.

Here, parishioners prayed and practiced

their faith in areas now exposed.

Today their prayers would have been

carried on the wind.....

maybe they were then,

perhaps they still linger!

Walking here among the ruins

treads time, follows footsteps

of kings and queens who

regaled this place of religion

with royal visits.

In the quiet that resides here

those who no longer tread this soil

rest in peace, protected by

the priory walls.

One only young, the son

of a king.

Here, among the ruins

present day mingles with history.

Eager eyes search for pellets

left by owls, looking for clues as

to their last lunch!

Here, hiding behind walls that

                                                   still stand straight and steady,

little people laugh at how

cleverly they are concealed,

convinced they won't be found.

Life was lived here,

prayers were said here,

those who no longer lived

were laid to rest here.

Life goes on here among the ruins.