A family home Now emptied A silent sunlit room A garden window opened On a quiet afternoon I see both faces falter Your lips they speak no more Dewy boughs now shelter Where ashes lie forlorn Our dogs they raced the garden ways Our cat sunbathed and slept The school days came The years they passed Your children grew and left Visitations, obligations Decades long run Travelling distance, duty given As taught from very young Slow decline, rapid changes The parting of the ways Suddenly taking leavings Neither had more days But took the path That all must tread And left this long held Dear homestead So one more duty I will keep And close the house For those who sleep
Leaving Glenurquhart
A poem about a poignant parting from a home and the memories it holds
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