A Retelling - Kindness

I saw the photos

The mess in the flat

Our wedding albums

That we’re not getting back

Two days in bed

From image alone

Turn off those old songs

They remind me of home

Speak now my children

With different voice

Learning new language

From the neighbourhood boys

You won’t know our garden

But you won’t fear the gun

Our fruit trees unpicked

The paint fades in sun

Songs go unspoken

Torn books unread

Phones go unanswered

A dialling tone

The doctor is sailing

A coast line recedes

The twilight is fading

A life begins

A life begins