Saying Goodbye - by Anthony West

So soft was
the brief touch of your lips.

Was I almost intruding?

"Look after yourself "
should have been
"I love you!"

Then the Jumbo flew over my head
and I shouted my love
above the roar
and thundering thrust

. . . as if you'd hear.

Through the clouds in my eyes
I watched you fly away
and wished I'd been born with wings.