Dear brother, on life's transitory
way,
My heart must ache awhile that
would you stay,
My arms yearn still, desiring to
restrain,
To press your sweetness to myself
again.
But there are other paths for you
to walk
And countless conversations yet to
talk,
And new discernings, and new
loves to feel.
How can I cheat you them? It
were to steal!
No lover can restrain the one they
love
No soul, possessed, can freely soar
alone
The sweet but often suffocating
claim.
Only those free to leave will to
remain.
Such joy you brought to me,
for to endear
Our frienship now another
several years!
Walk you in many worlds. Go
with delight,
And know my hands shall
greet you when they might.
Cia Serby, Austin, Texas
To Gilles - for your comfort
and your blessing.
June 1977
Cia Serby gave this poem to Gilles d'Aymery in June 1977, in Round Top, Texas, as he was departing for a trip to South America. They never met again.
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