DOES IT MATTER
Does it matter
your going away
just walking out
to something new?
Does it matter
on corridors
we’ll no more chance
on sunbeams-
your gentle smile
a while of grace
before we race off
to things to do
and ways to be?
Does it matter
a canteen chair
remains unused-
one less now,
the table’s for four.
Conversation
continues
and yet
bits are missed-
you are not there.
Does it matter
all these things
just a little less
because you’ve gone away?
It does. 28/3/86.