Last day in Paris, last day in Europe;
after four and a half months.
Maybe the last time to see Gerry.
He could disappear, just as his friend Kevin did,
in an unexpected moment.
Not so very unlike the certainties that await us all.
These rooms and streets, all friends now.
But they could become strangers again
as have so many once the light of
our friends have moved on
and left them empty.
Gallagher
Paris
29 May 2017
Archive for the ‘Gerry’ Category
2017-05-29 – Paris Departure
Monday, April 10th, 20232024-09-25#2 – Gerry
Thursday, September 26th, 2024It’s a sad and relentless time
waiting for a friend to die.
Time crawls towards the moment
when he will be gone
and we cannot return afterwards.
All the memories, jointly held,
will be mine, alone, then
half of their meaning gone
and all of the living embrace
of a friendship
vanished.
Gallagher
25Sep2024
Christchurch
– About Gerry Briggs in Paris
approaching his end.