Richard Chamberlain
i knew him
only
as Father Ralph
in The Thorn Birds
it was a love story
as complex as
love is
to feel it
in all its forms
the sweeping saga
of love and loss
an undeniable force
between them
and in the end
he died
the way he would
have wanted
ever in her arms
among the delicate roses
and the piercing thorns
with the sky above
her tears below
TL