Absence 2 and Hrms Commonwealth

II I was thinking ... Absences Used to make hearts grow fonder Or so the proverb said, in my youth True in some ways ... Untrue in another Some have departed poetry and breath Such is human existence Absences makes a heart stronger But only if we survive the heartbreak (I no longer spend time with pets Lest I get fond of them in Africa Where crime pays ... Stealing A post-Mandela culture here - sad to confess ... ( I fought apartheid too) And so did the late Queen Elizabeth The Commonwealth is her baby, growing again After apartheid South Africa and Rhodesia Tried to murder her Commonwealth of the nations