<p class="ql-block"><b>Four decades passed as in a </b></p><p class="ql-block"><b>mournful dream,</b></p><p class="ql-block"><b>Since last we met where mist-wrapt </b></p><p class="ql-block"><b>waters flow;</b></p><p class="ql-block"><b>Thy dark eyes gleam as through the </b></p><p class="ql-block"><b>vapours' stream,</b></p><p class="ql-block"><b>Thy sleeve's perfume drifts o'er the </b></p><p class="ql-block"><b>bridge below.</b></p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block"><b>Alas! I lean where thickening fog </b></p><p class="ql-block"><b>holds sway,</b></p><p class="ql-block"><b>Heedless of damp that chills my </b></p><p class="ql-block"><b>robe's worn thread.</b></p><p class="ql-block"><b>Once more thy shape floats by in </b></p><p class="ql-block"><b>phantom's grey –</b></p><p class="ql-block"><b>The void remains where cloudless </b></p><p class="ql-block"><b>skies are spread.</b></p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block"><b>------Autumn, 2022 </b></p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block"><b>in Dammam Saudi</b></p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block"><b></b></p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block"><b></b></p>