"Mother" leaves for home tomorrow. The abraham gang is finally disbanded. No more dinners chatting about women, life, relationships, boyfriends, pregnancy and the future.
R and I gave her an Oxford print. Will miss her. I hadn't seen much of her since she moved to Iffley and I think I regret that. She was definitely the most amazing woman I have met in the UK so far. I never saw her sad except once - this with all the work, hospital visits, organising the event and managing all of us.
Hats off to her!!
Will see her off tomorrow and 2005 will come to an end. The end of a great year, where I met some fantastic people,made some lovely friends. I love my friends - none of them are psuedo, none of them are obnoxious people, all of them are just nice people with very few airs. These are people who I can meet over dinner and just be myself. Talk rubbish, bitch, make horrible jokes or just be morose - it won't make a difference to them. They will still be my friends!
THOU unrelenting Past!
Strong are the barriers round thy dark domain,
And fetters, sure and fast,
Hold all that enter thy unbreathing reign.
Far in thy realm withdrawn,
Old empires sit in sullenness and gloom,
And glorious ages gone
Lie deep within the shadow of thy womb.
Childhood, with all its mirth,
Youth, Manhood, Age that draws us to the ground,
And last, Man’s Life on earth,
Glide to thy dim dominions, and are bound.
Thou hast my better years;
Thou hast my earlier friends, the good, the kind,
Yielded to thee with tears—
The venerable form, the exalted mind.
My spirit yearns to bring
The lost ones back—yearns with desire intense,
And struggles hard to wring
Thy bolts apart, and pluck thy captives thence.
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