As I wrote on the main thread, this is marvellous piece, Michael, full of wonderful description and imagery but genuinely heart breaking at the same time. A clever idea to combine the forms, too. Absolutely brilliant work.
All the best,
Ben

Michael...As you said...you really wanted to expand on this and...I hope you do. You chose to write within the constraints of an acrostic verse and still...you done a terrific job of jumping from country to country...very well done!