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 Leaving Agrigento

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Leaving Agrigento was first publsihed on UKAuthors.com

         

    I will go there once more,

    before time and the turn of the tide

    take me from this shore

    and I will stand in the broad space

    breath air

    heavy with the dust of centuries.

     

    I will see this place again

    before I start

    on my never to return journey.

    I will touch the cold stone

    with a soft hand

    and add myself to its' history.

     

    And the pillars will still stand

    rising from the red earth

    and the beetles will still scurry

    in their iridescent armour

    between the fallen stones

    and the sun will still throw javelins of light

    between the ruins

    and all will be

    as it always has been

    but I will not be there.