On the 2nd of February 2008 @ 8.14 pm the Q left New Zealand soil....

The Parting

You are in the sunset for a change.. up there... I hope you can see it
I am without breath down here alone on the earth for a while,
light fading
While you fly Long journey beginning I waved the red cushion
Crying into my camera watching my heart climb into the sky
turn and head for home in the clouds
I cannot stand to watch you vanish into an unreachable space
twelve hours across the ocean

I feel the distance like a tearing in my chest
I feel panic I have to make myself breathe
be still...be calm this will pass....
how am I going to drive north with so many memories
over roads we have travelled together
I hear the warmth of your laughter...my name said with accent
Your voice singing...the Byrds live
Taking the weather with you Fly safely QF 25
Fly safely lover of sunsets and dawns
Ouch!
This real hurts
Breathe