Do  you  remember  when  we  walked
into  the  sea
and  on  the  ­sand ?
Do  you  remember
Liza  with  a  Zee
as  if  she  was  here  only  yesterday?

And­  the  people  
in  the  ports  of  Amsterdam?
You  loved  them  ­as  I  did,
As  if  they  were  flowers
someone  had  forgotten to water.

The  moments  with  you
were  the  moments  in  my  life ­ 
I  could  scarcely  forget
even  if  I  tried  to  shove  them
­into  some  dusty  hideaway  corner.
                            ­            
How  many  times  have  I  remembered,
after  forgetting  for  so  long?
As  the  wind  would  blow  an­d  stop,
and  blow  again  some  day.

And  do  you  remember
the  seabird  overhead,
trying  to  tell  us
something  about  l­ife.

With  his  voice  full of  anguish
and  loneliness-longing …
flying  high,
flying  into  realms  of  seagull  joy.
Inviting ­ us  to  join  in  heart
as  we  watch  from  far  below.

I think of the places I’ve been with you,
Beautiful places and wild.

I look to the stars where they cross in the south,
In tender-sweet memory.

Running the rivulets, barefoot and breathless,
At the wide river’s mouth.

A wild field abundant with flowers bursting,
And blooming and proud.

I remember the wind on my face with you,
In your arms both woman and child.

There lies a world betwixt,
the North pole and the South.

Even so, the South pole said:
O! to dance with thee!

Lynn.

You who are the extension of my being
are not here,
are pretty much not ever anywhere…

You who are the fruit of my existence
have fallen,
fallen short of love’s persistence.

PERPETUATION

I am angry
But not at God or you
I am angry
Because I lost a war

I am desolate
But not because of you
I am desolate
Because I’ve lost before

I rage the war
Of love and lost
I rage the war
No mind the cost

Lynn.

Anticipation
is a seven-year-word,

Annihilation
is a double-edged sword,

Necessitation
is forgiveness untoward.