Barbara - 11

Were they calling you
that night
Those who had gone on
ahead

You didn't want to come
yet
Although you thought
you were ready

Darkness surrounded you
only the familiar voices
echoing in
from this life

When morning came
and the sun rose
You flew away
over the crimson sea

Nothing will change now
in that patch beside the sea
Just the memories remain
behind the crumbling wall

I see you

I see you in the clouds
in the drizzle that falls
I hear you in the wind
sighing through the trees

You're smiling in the sun
that dapples the forest floor
in the flowers
of the Sunken Garden

I cannot see you
nor hear you
touch you
or talk to you

But wherever I find myself
you'll be with me
that much I know
this day, and all days