I imagine us : unresolved

I imagine us now

Two little children hand in hand

Full of hopes and dreams

And as yet unrealised plans

With memories now of sorrows

At opportunities we lost along the way

And yet there were times

We were together

Times when the daily world drew back

I will cherish these memories now

Many would say you died too young

But surely life unfolds according to its fate

And when we argue with conditions

So often we lose the way

To an open door that leads us

Along with the river’s torrential flow

Towards our soul’s particular destiny

Too much time spent crying on the banks

Praying for an impossible reprieve

To a stubborn God

Only holds us back

While all around us birds sing in time

With the whispering spirits

So now I take my comfort here

You have been gone so many years

And yet your beloved ghost lives on

Haunting each and every morning

With its essence

While reminding me daily

Of the heavy price

We pay

In ransoming our soul

To unresolved

Unintegrated ancestral

Pain