Life and Death at the Station Cafe (death, conflict and life)
Book II: Conflict
Poem II-13: Recollections
Presents and gifts
Behind the lenses
Eyes still see
Same old faces
Young recollections
From the heart’s deep
Alive for always
Despite hardships
A warrant
Of true friendship
In words, in signs
For ever to keep
Presents and gifts
Hidden by pretences
She gazes across
Beyond the senses
New memories
Taking a short leap
Into a permanent life
Avoiding the evil lordship
Accepting the great beauty
Of a dedicated fellowship
In traces, in lines
For ever to keep.
© Regis Cabral, 11 March 2005
