My soul goes on journeys

My soul goes on journeys 

through sleepless nights

And comes back battered.

to the places where my loved ones tread their paths 

In Australia 

In Shipley

In Okinawa

Paths of pain and pleasure - some awful pain.

And then to the places beyond

To Mabel, my mother

To Herbert, my father

To Jim

And to Sam

And also to Ron.

But the others are lost

I no longer see them

Jacqueline 

Canitz

Dick

Kit Gleave

Who would have thought it?

My soul goes on joureys

through sleepless nights

And comes back battered.