Cosy Inside His Head 1962 Poem by Terry Collett

It's a full moon
and a dark sky
and Benny stares
at the sky and moon

and stars and thinks
of Yehudit and her
being a little way off
in that cottage

with her family
and he with his
and he wonders
what she is doing

at that time
of the evening?
is she in her room
like him looking out

at the wintry sky
or is she in bed
lying there
thinking of him

as he is of her?
and he reflects
on the afternoon
when he and she

were by the pond
and it was warm
but getting chillier
and they lay

by the pond
on the grass
on her green coat
and she said

I wonder what we
will be doing
in years to come?
will we be married

and live here
or elsewhere?
he smiles to himself
taking in the shadowy trees

opposite and how
the moon shines
through them
as the moon moves

across the sky
or so seems
he had said
maybe Paris

and have late nights
drinking on the those
lit up streets
and she had laughed

and now as he watches
the moon come out
of the tree tops
he wishes she

was there beside him
holding his hand
both looking out
and his other hand

about her waist
but no it wouldn't work
his younger brother sleeps
in the bed behind him

and he just pretends
it is her there
waiting for him
and he breathes in

the night air
then closes the window
on the moon and stars
and gets ready for bed

with the image
of Yehudit
warm and cosy
inside his head.