Thank you so much to everyone at the M.O.D and the RAF and to all who have kindly supported my writing.

Wilderness

July 5, 2026

Wilderness, beauty,
brief silence,
shade,
the sound of birds,
the smell of flowers upon the longest of days,
and in the earliest of the hours,
I wait for your call, and whilst the time passes,
I take in it all,
I take in its beauty, and I sit in the sunshine rays,
and I hear your voice from far off,
and to your tune, the minutes I while away,
for you are effervescent, and with a wanton beguiling way,
and I await your news expectantly,
hoping for the happiest of days.