(for Vivienne)© GERALD ENGLAND
For him the dance is done
despite continued clattering of guns
What matters now is not
the point nor mode of death -
only the life that went before
You have to feel your grief
And you have to live beyond
to keep the memory but loose
the sense of loss
Even in your solitary time
you are not alone, my love
He and I and we, we all are one
The mystery will remain unsolved
for we who have yet more to live
All endings are but a passing on
Composed: Sheffield, 22nd October 1973
Publications
1980 THE RAINBOW AND OTHER POEMS (Heckmondwyke, Fighting Cock Press)
1993 East & West Literary Qtly (USA)
1995 Current Accounts (UK)
1998 Ygdrasil (Internet)
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