Departures
PETALS falling from a fading roseMisting rain that comes and goesMidnight fallsOwl calls
Seeking Moon breaking through
Sparkling river on the move
Thatched roof on keepers lodge
Where birds roost in ones and twos
Footprints on golden sand
To be washed away on tides return
Simple joys that we once shared
Until you moved to another place-
Where all mankind
Walk hand in hand
Meryl Tookaram