Setting off and arriving
And the days we stayed put
Gone
A rocket and a millenium
A sachet of hair conditioner
Gone

I hardly noticed it
In it's importance
Gone
A word in the wind
A bird on the wing
Gone

A metre of water weighs one ton
A leaf, a friend, a frog, a frond
Gone
Beyond going
Starlight forever
Gone

The year and it's months
The week and it's days
Gone
The warmth of smiles and hopes
The embrace of sunshine and family
Gone

The stage, the scene, the actor
The singer and the song
Gone
A tolling bell over fields
And the clock from the mantlepiece
Gone

Big bang celebration
Catamarans from Spain
Gone
An Israeli settler
An Arab politician
Gone

All that was noted and tagged
All that was intended and hoped
Gone
All gone, but
Happy

New

Year

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