Birds that flew

Aching with sadness from a crowded African photo,

Aching with longing for an English kiss,

Aching with teasers for a face in Japan,

Aching for an American camp in the mist,

Aching for the cuddling, grinning universities,

Mad in their new lives, lonely but glad,

Aching with the dreaming to leave with you darling,

Aching ambition

On a scribbled sketch pad,

Aching with love for you,

Beautifully sad.