Hélène Vaillant
This week, for the first time, we are writing a post for Helene Vaillant from Willow Poetry. This amazing prompt insisted on being written about!
Time Again
Tommy waits, half hidden from the world
As he has done for a hundred years
The river runs calm behind him singing
Of the ache in his heart to be seen
Find a family to bring him into being
One special pair of eyes to see beyond time
Past the tree, that hides what will be
Tommy has been lost for too long
His face cannot be seen
His tears flow like the river ever onwards
Today, for a moment, the river stills its wandering
As Annie, picnicking with her family, spies Tommy
Her mother watches as she stands speaking to the tree
Gently, she asks why. ‘I am playing with my friend.’
Annie’s mother could see only the tree
Thinking her daughter had found an imaginary friend
She was happy to let it be.
As Annie said goodbye, she had a funny feeling
Five years old, she tried to tell her mother
that her wish for a brother would come true
Annie’s eyes were the ones Tommy had been waiting for
There will be no need for Tommy’s tears now
Climbing into her father’s car, Annie turned
to wave to her friend who was no longer there
Time would tell Annie’s wish…
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