Does it matter

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.