Andrew Shields lives in Basel, Switzerland. His collection of poems "Thomas Hardy Listens to Louis Armstrong" was published by Eyewear in 2015. His band Human Shields released the album "Somebody's Hometown" in 2015 and the EP "Défense de jouer" in 2016. Mastodon: https://mas.to/@AndrewShields Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/
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Andrew Shields

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Heart

The falling horizon exposes
the beating sun.

Light spills over the cliffs,
covers the sand of the beach
where you stood in shadow.

Crying in empty voices,
the wind blows away your traces.
No song remains
but the droning waves.