Repatriation (written for 2 elephants but could easily be me and you, you and her, you and him)

Affection isn’t just created

in the, human domain

every creature on this planet

experiences the pain

of loss, or separation

of death of sickness, they

create in themselves  an

emotion that will not go away

Imagine a relationship

someone you see each day

somebody you care about

in every single way

suddenly they are not there

somethings happened

they

are gone

and that period of missing them

of course goes on and on

imagine that

for 20 years

they have been on your mind

every time you were feeling down

or trying to unwind

their face you saw

their soul was yours

you dwelt on them a while

you were just beside yourself

you couldn’t reconcile

you had no way of knowing

what had become of them

your heart was indeed broken

they were as a gem

sparkling  attracting the eye

they were everything

but to every intent and purpose

they were gone

they couldn’t bring

their aura to your being

that vacuum would remain

forever in your psyche

and with it all the  pain

then one day you saw them

there they were , yes they

as bright as any sunbeam

that lit up any day

that smile that walk

that expression

the years came flooding back

the feeling you were reeling

clearly you did lack

that bountiful affection

that tenderness was there

you relished the sensation

you shunned the base despair

delirious with that overwhelming spirit

you had missed

unctuously rewarded

you never could  resist

that closeness

and that dream state

all those feelings in your heart

a forced repatriation

and why it had to start

now togetherness seemed possible

a freedom to express

all those hours of mournfulness

and  those interludes of stress

could now be put  behind you

for to re engage again

the closeness and the loving

was such a sweet refrain

these souls and so many others

experience this, they

suffer as we suffered

and with their suffering

were made to sorely pay

you don’t have to be human

all living souls can dream

all living souls can love another

and try to redeem

some sense from all this squalor

from the agony and pain

and realise how special

it is to find each other again