For Jodi

For Jodi


See you here now, twelve years on
In your stripey sun hat waving
With stroller and Daisy and Mae Rose
Smiling as you walk out of our past
Another country where you
A girl, I a working mum
Passing, as I left our school you came
But instant friends across age's divide


Traces of you left behind
Words in my notebook, photo smile
So both of us not quite forgotten
As babies were born and oceans were crossed
A magical moment in
Melbourne's blue skies city square
Touching our lives together again
Lost and found, my special Facebook friend

Melbourne 20th March 2009