Horizons

We walked past false horizons
Watched ploughs carve contours 
Over fallow fields
Whilst feathered clouds of black-head gulls
Traced circles through
Clear autumn air

Now those hills are silent
The land lies cold
The gulls have flown
Their cries and wheeling 
Distant memories
Of the days we walked 
On windswept hills

Friends leave memories which come back unexpectedly