Good bye Beach
Eye will not even go to you
to say good bye —
I have loved you so
as you have soothed me
to no end but for the ending now —
I have transitioned into My New Life
to move away
to Thunder Bay
where I will carry you
in my heart
and know your rythms
to be my own.
Good bye Scraggly Apple
You hold 2 sprigs of life
but that is not why I’ve kept you:
You are beautiful in your death pose
and the birds I’ve loved
are your visitors.
I will miss you, maybe
on a rainy day
when I write from my new abode
in Thunder Bay
far away
from my backyard
friend.
Good bye house
Eye have been with you for ten years
You have served me well
I have found my voice
within your walls
and from you I have gazed
at the sea.
Eye will be leaving you now
for Thunder Bay
and my beautiful daughter Eliza
whose growing up I missed
even when she was here
with you for a delicate
frame of time.
Wherever Eye go now
Eye am saying Good Bye:
My daughter Eliza has invited me
to live in Thunder Bay —
she says there’s no rush
but for me there is —
Eye am no longer happy
in Nova Scotia —
my home Eye considered
since childhood.
Headed for My New Life
with my daughter Eye love
Eye will find My New Self
on the shore of Lake Superior
amongst the family of Eliza’s partner
Jonathan
Joanna Gilman Hyde 