October's Globe

October's Globe

The dawn's fading in over England,
Tokyo will be brilliant blue;
Are we still growing together,
Though I left Japan too soon?

Are you still smiling in Paris,
The way you did in our London room?
I want to hold you so tightly,
As close as you wanted to be,
At Gatwick in September;
Or curled up in bed against me.

I had the world at my feet, and tripped
Over it, but I'm getting off the floor.
I'll work, sleep, study and exercise,
And I'm ready to be yours.

Date mostly written: 1988