USA meets UK 2025

Blair Bertrand

Photography and Poem By Mike King
Blair Bertrand
The life you live

A thinker and scholar 
discovered with grace 
had something to offer 
all over the place.
Two dozen addresses, 
a map full of memories,
wise without borders
brilliant mind and passions.
 
Never tied to one place
contemplates roots
now longing to explore.
 
Feeling no regrets
yet whispers of wondering
the where of final rest. 

Burn me or bury me
not caring where the dust settles 
and what soil it tastes 
maybe a little here, a little there
in lands I never felt placed 
 
So keep on travelling 
questions in tow 
 
For home isn’t walls
nor a place on the earth
 
It’s the passion, joy
and love you give 
and the life you live.