Poem: Brit Leaving

Friends keep thinking it'll be different elsewhere.

Brit Leaving He left the island of Empire, to see a hunk of what they’d lost Islands of home and mind, too small to hold the dreams And now he’s left the States and Europe too, for another Island This one a continent and perhaps large enough for dreaming yet The girls of Manchester left behind San Francisco, Perth, a few in Prague Wondering where the crooked grin has fled and how and why This is a man of leaving A life work for some

This poem is included in Jim Freeman's poetry collection CORNER OF MY MIND available here in print or as an e-Book in your favorite formats.