No words can describe
My excitement
The thrill of finding my Voice
The thrill of shared speech
But who listens
To my Vignettes
To my Memoirs
Fragments from my colourful life?
Jilliana, like Humpty Dumpty, fell off her wall
Picked up the fragmented pieces
Memories good and bad
No words can describe my new found passion
For living again
Making up for 'the lost years'
The lure of other countries
Other cultures
Other beliefs
Other traditions
Other languages
Other music
Other cuisine
A visual feast
A mosaic of tastes
A cacophony of sounds
Freedom at last
Rising like a Phoenix rising
From the ashes of forgotten memories
No words can describe
Written November 2016 at The Open Art Cafe poetry group, Rottingdean.