Photograph - 9ct Domed Glass Locket Poem by John Mackinnon

Photograph - 9 CT Domed Glass Locket - 5/1/16
(Lorne estate jewellery shop)

So, this is where I found you
My dearest eldest son
Your eyes upon tomorrow
And dressed for your departure
So young, so proud, so free.

So this is where I found you
Dearest husband, only one,
Your eyes that mine would follow
That dreamed of our first pasture
With seeds across the sea.

So this is where I found you
Dearest father, now beyond
Your eyes would miss the sorrow
That flowed in your hereafter
When you were torn from me.

So this is where I found you
Now they all are gone
Your eyes call, bid me borrow
Of a son, husband, father
To see what came to be.