For Debbie from Pete on 22/07/2009

I heard whispers on an evening breeze, Which gently caressed my cheek. Her spirit calms when I am weak, And sets my saddened soul at ease. Together we sailed turbulent seas, Ploughing trough and climbing peak, As calmer waters we tried to seek, And found them by serendipity. We sat, right hand in left, Together but apart, My warp to her weft, At our end but her start, And I, though bereft, Now let her depart.