Eleven, Eleven - a poem by Audrey Austin: previously published in Northern Ontario Poetry Collection, "Arising From The Mist" Volume 17, 2012

ELEVEN, ELEVEN

 

Eleven, Eleven dances a polka

Round and round in my head

It's not pizza I crave

Of that I am sure

There is never a nine, six or seven.

 

Eleven, Eleven, it's there again

At once I remember my sister

And others who passed

On their way through my heart

Before journeying on toward heaven.

 

Eleven, Eleven, I feel the connection

No reason but trust with blind faith

And savour the moment

In loving remembrance

Of loved ones so precious

'Til we will meet again.