HELEN LANKINEN Memoriam
TO HELEN FROM WAYNE
Five years have passed since you were taken away. But years don't erase the loneliness that relentlessly lives on and always will, no matter how much time goes by. Yet I still walk around our house and yard aimlessly searching for something to occupy myself but find it difficult because there's still no future in anything I do. Even after all these years, when I walk by the kitchen doorway, I can almost see a vision of you standing by the sink washing dishes, looking back at me with a smile. But reality sets in, and it was only wishful thoughts from the past. However, each year that passes gets us closer to being together again.
~Your husband, Wayne
Published by The Thunder Bay Chronicle Journal on Sep. 13, 2025.