ALONG WITH THE WONDERFUL PEOPLE I MET..AND THE BEAUTY OF THE COUNTRY..I ALSO SAW ANOTHER SIDE...A SIDE I NEVER THOUGHT OF IN CONNECTION WITH SO MUCH WEALTH
THE HOMELESS ARE EVERYWHERE..STREET CORNERS...BUS STATIONS...THE UNDERGROUND..EVEN STAKING THEIR CLAIM ON A COLD NIGHT ON A SIDE WALK IN FRONT OF THE THEATER..THESE LOST SOULS..THIS IS ONE I SAW AND TOUCHED BRIEFLY WHEN I GAVE HER SOME MONEY FOR BREAKFAST..
I HAD TO WONDER..
WHO SHE WAS...
HOW SHE CAME TO BE THERE
ALL ALONE..ASLEEP..
STANDING UPSIDE A BUILDING
HER BODY SO FRAIL IT WAS AS IF A WIND COULD BLOW HER AWAY...I CRIED AND CRIED AFTER I GOT BACK TO MY NICE HOTEL...MY DAUGHTER WAITING FOR ME...PLENTY OF FOOD TO EAT... A WARM BED TO CRAWL INTO... AFTER A DAY OF SIGHTSEEING...I HAD ALL THESE THINGS...AND SHE HAD NOTHING BUT THE CLOTHES ON HER BACK...AND A LITTLE CART WITH ALL SHE OWNED IN IT...THIS WAS ONE OF THE PEOPLE DIANA LOVED..AND WALKED AMONG
THE OLD..THE SICK..THE POOR.. THE HELPLESS...
DIANA WAS NONE OF THESE THINGS..
BUT SHE WALKED THERE JUST THE SAME
SHE REACHED OUT IN THE ONLY WAY SHE COULD...
I FOR SO LONG...WANTED TO WALK THE PATHS DIANA WALKED...
AND TO TRY TO UNEARTH THE MYSTERY OF WHY SHE MOVED ME SO MUCH..
I DIDN'T FIND IT IN A PALACE..
OR EVEN AT ALTHORP..
OR WHEN I SAW ALL THE CROWN JEWELS OF THE QUEEN...
I SAW IT IN AN OLD AND HELPLESS WOMAN...
AND IN MY MINDS EYE...I COULD SEE DIANA TOUCHING HER FACE...
GIVING HER HOPE...GIVING HER LOVE...GIVING HER COMFORT...GIVING OF HER SELF.
THE MYSTERY WAS JUST THAT SHE TRIED...AS BEST SHE COULD...SHE FAILED AT TIMES..BUT SHE SMILED...GAVE EVEN MORE OF HERSELF...AND WENT ON WITH IT..
AND THAT IS THE LONDON...DIANA'S LONDON I FOUND...
ONE THEY DON'T TELL YOU ABOUT IN THE TOURBOOKS...YOU HAVE TO WALK WITH YOUR HEART TO GET THERE..AND THANKS TO DIANA..I DID...I WALKED WITH HER THERE...THROUGH MY LOVE FOR HER
