Last Rites, by Adrian G R Scott

When I am gone,
take up your kitchen broom,
sweep three stars down
from the cobwebbed sky.

Place the first in my coffin;
its bleach-bright light
will suffuse my guttered flame,
waken life's soiled toil
to the tear-dried home,
prepared.

Place the second
in my tended garden,
where my gardener
will look for me,
where it all started.

Place the last on a chain
around your neck;
wear it as a sacrament
of the lights we kindled.

Then when the stars
tumble from the sky
at the end, our shining
will illuminate scars on
love's invincible face.

From The Call of the Unwritten, by Adrian G R Scott, available here.

My first Kindle book, Sunday Sept 23rd 2012

Even at my age, I'm very excited to announce that my first Kindle book hits the Kindle bookstore on Sunday September 23rd. While I'm still calm (and until the actual link is correctly generated) here's what I'd like you all to do:

1. Buy a copy of it if you're a Kindle owner or have a Kindle app on your smartphone or tablet.

2. Read it!  Lend it, send it - whatever else you can do.

3. Say something good about it on the Amazon feedback pages.

4. Recommend it to all your network and friends.

5. Ask them all to repeat steps 1 to 5.

Lots of love, and I hope you enjoy reading it.