Absence

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ABSENCE

A chair stands alone

Waiting as I am waiting.

Both feel your absence.

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BLUE MOON

Gerald is no longer with us and, yes, I do feel his absence.

Another one from Gerald Gee, whose work I so admire.

He captures something in my past and builds a glowing fire

From a memory that has faded to a little flickering spark.

Somehow he lights on something and he always hits the mark.

I'd like to say I remember this very beachside scene;

I'd like to say the place-name and declare that's where I've been.

But it's not a concrete memory that Gerald paints for me;

It's a feeling...... of a memory........ of a place that used to be.

Somehow, somewhere, I saw that moon, and it was blue as blue;

And I saw that row of houses with the lamplights shining through.

I saw that lisping water and the little boats as well.

I saw my world in those colours, but where I cannot tell.

Gerald and I share memories, although we've never met.

 And I thank him for reviving dreams it's so easy to forget.

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