Wormley

Early perfection, or potential of perfection, yeilds as growth requires maturation and that in turn requires interaction with the complexities of the real and outside world. The maturation of mind requires shedding many early absolute truths. Sky: The two sides of nature, beautiful and nurturing versus random and destructive. In the contrasts he sees his good side as a reflection of the memory of Caitlin as the sound (the bay) reflects a beautiful sky. The dark side is his own innate being. He sees that side cyclically tamed by the gentler force. Let Sail: Poets recreate ancient shores and thus keep them historically alive. Helen of Troy is, thus, saved immediately by a fleet of one thousand ships (historically actually 1301 ships) and then ultimately more permanently by a poet's art. McGuiness cannot lay claim to a fleet of ships nor any tool to bring the physical Caitlin back. He can command a fleet of words and images (his axe, as he frequently refers to it, which he lets sail) to preserve her memory. Imagery of bloody hatchet swinging is a metaphor for incisive and historically powerful correction of lies. Historic condemnation is as close as Gavin can get to a judgment day, not depending on the celestial to right the wrongs. Lilies : Overtly, a cemetery - place of the dead - inhabited by flowers, usually cut and placed rootless. Better, and more broadly, a psyche, not of death, but fallow. Lilies can actually grow here. Rebirth. The choice of the Lily, symbol of the Easter Rebellion, needs exploration.