till a hae tirned tae dust

a cannae wyte,
tae haud ye in ma arms again,

but wyte a mist.

as a hae wyted all ma years:
and will again.

till a hae tirned tae dust.

Image; Art Johnstone. ‘A Cannae Wyte’. Church Yard. Ropley, Hampshire.
Response ‘to the Lassies’. In the style of Robbie Burns.

Burns night 25th Jan