Lassie--By Elaine George--Canada

Lassie

I stand before you after all these years

Amid the ocean brine with misty tears

On these old banks above the Fundy Bay

With all those words I never got to say

Wild daisies spread themselves across your grave

Where lies the fallen marker that I made

When I was but a child and new to death

In Grief so deep it nearly took my breath

That broken house still sits above the bay

Now weathered by those many stormy days

Those years we walked along that rocky shore

Those years you saw me safely to my door

And now that I am old I do believe

You were an angel sent by God to me  

                 

In Loving Memory

Born in New Brunswick, Elaine George spent the early years of her life living in Lorneville (a small fishing village along the Bay of Funday) still inhabited by many of her family members.  Much of her writing is inspired by the memories of that place and those wonderful people.  She has published two volumes of poetry and is currently writing a novel entitled Out of the Darkness.  Many of her poems and short stories have appeared in magazines in both Canada and the United States. Currently she lives with her husband in Wainfleet, Ontario.