You were presented

To me as

A large present

Beautifully wrapped and

Tied with a

Tidy satin bow

Admire it I

Did before settling

Out to discover

What lies within

Oh another present

As lovely as

Its parent digging

Inside another and

Inside another and

Inside of that

Yet another still

And finally at

Last finally after

What seems like

Months of presents

I’m at last

Presented with my

Gift a photograph

Of our kiss

On the Seine

That one small

Thing that started

As something grand

And became finally

The most treasured

Most remembered most

Important of all

I have traveled

So very far

To be here

So many hours

Too many places

And oh faces

Faces belonging to

No one particular

As important as

Street lamps casting

Their brief hello

As I pass

Waiting waiting always

Waiting for that

One face your

Face that street

Sign that tells

Me that I’ve

Finally arrived home