Where'Er You Walk

`Where'er you walk Cool gales shall fan that glade' The Pierhead where you walked will be made a park restricted to lovers under 27 Peasants will be found merrymaking after the storm in Canning St where you walked The station where we first arrived at night Will be preserved for the nation With the echo of your footsteps still sounding in the empty roof `Where'er you tread The Blushing flower shall rise' The alleyway where we read poems to dustbins after closing time The kitchens where we quarrelled at parties The kitchen where two strangers first kissed at a party full of strangers The ticket barrier where we said goodnight so many times The cobblestones in front of the station The pub where the kindly old waiter Always knows what we want to drink - ALL SHALL BURST INTO BLOOM SPROUTING FLOWERS BRIGHTER THAN PLASTIC ONES IN WOOLWORTHS Daffodils and chrysanthemums, rhododendrons and snowdrops, tulips and roses cobblestones bursting with lilies­of­the­valley `And all things flourish' Whole streets where you walk are paved with soft grass so the rain will never go through your shoes again Zebra crossings made of lilies Belisha beacons made of orange blossom Bus stops huge irises Traffic lights made of snapdragons `Trees where you sit Shall crowd into a shade' even in Piccadilly stations covered in flowers yellow like the paint you once got in your hair Oak trees growing everywhere we've kissed Will still be there when I've forgotten what you look like And you don't remember me at all Copies of your letters to me on blue paper Written on the sky by an aeroplane over all the cities of England Copies of your poems stamped on eggs instead of lions We will walk forever in the darkness under fern leaves `Trees where you sit shall crowd into a shade'