WISTFUL

Cycling to the Belvedere
High on Vienna atmosphere
With happy heart and time to spare
Before Don Giovanni at the Staatsoper

Pining for such moments of elation
Four months isolated, it's arduous

Pho in Saigon, streets of Hong Kong,
Sharing Christ's view in Rio
Hiking the Alps, walking the Wall
I'm feeling down and wistful

Wandering in the mid-Atlantic
On an isle with my beloved
No appointments, no commitments
Just us two, nothing else mattered

Pining for such moments of elation
Four months isolated, it's arduous

City of light, Tokyo at night, 
The ironies of Goa
Poland by train, sleeping on planes
I'm feeling down and wistful


--July 2020, Ash Hall