GEOFF GOODFELLOW


Children Forever

For Sue


I never met your mum --
       or dad
i've seen their images
in small b & w photos
       a couple who i'm sure
looked down the barrel
of a Kodak Box Brownie
at a picnic somewhere
       but that's hardly relevant --
except
i can't see you in either
of them

maybe if i'd seen their eyes
       heard their laughter
or seen their frown
       i'd have recognised you --
or them

today you are forty-six
       & like me        an orphan

let me then look into your eyes
       let me laugh with you --
let us be children forever