A Lifetime Ago: Sisters in the park

These photographs were taken sometime in the early 1960's, on a sunny summer day in London, probably by my brother. It's been two years since my sister left us...
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A fleeting thought

A fleeting thought

flew in

and out 

of my mind

where did you go, thought?

what were you about?

will I ever know?

It's a matter of some doubt.

You may not have been important

but you came into my mind

and disappeared in an instance:

that really wasn't kind.

I will sit and wonder

perhaps even bite

my nails, as I ponder

what did I want to write?

The great wide world 

is full of mystery

The great unknown,

unexplored, puzzling

Far more bewildering, though

are the mysteries of a single

human mind

What on earth was I thinking about????

Just an hour later

Today I walked
An hour later than usual
The walking friend is away
The maid was on leave
and I was lazy

The walk was a very different walk
Flocks of school children
heading for the bus-stop near the main gate
being chivvied along
by harried mother hens
and the occasional father hen
one running with his son's school bag,
the son running behind him.
I wonder if they caught the bus!

The child who enjoyed
a relaxed chat with the escorting parent
and a sad looking kid who
really didn't want to go to school

The sun higher in the sky
The elegant school teacher
greeted after ages...
The Modern School kids
in the car, with their mother
(We used to live in the same building).

The bunch of senior ladies,
all 'wishing' friends now!

The lycra clad, the elegant,
the casual, the comfortable:
immense variety

The driver who cleans his master's car
with immense love and devotion,
always so patient, so thorough.

The same compound, the same circuit
An entirely different walk...