The Visit

I wrote The Visit in 1985, 17 years old. Meeting someone after years of separation can reopen old wounds and bring up painful memories best left buried. Compare this poem to Waiting for Reunion, also written in 1985, with its message of hope.

A stranger came to visit me

Across the silent years

To relive the memories of a dead friendship

And to shed a few more tears.

To feel the agony of betrayal

And remember the struggle for survival.

To hear the echoes of cruel words

That tore at one’s heart

To understand the misunderstandings

That gradually drove us apart.

We looked at the past

With new comprehension

And looked to the future

With old apprehension.

Vanita Shukla Hork, 1985

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