When I was a child my mother was old
Well, not really old
Just old to be bearing children
She was in her 40’s at the time
and she had already raised two children
My brother was 11years older than I
and my sister 13
So lets just say,
I wasn’t an entirely looked for gift
In fact I would imagine
that I was [...]
Posts Tagged ‘loss’
29 Jul
The Void
9 Jul
The Garden
I watched on
as a spectator
Whilst you stood solitary
So Alone
In the shelter of your garden
While life grew
all around you
In the plants,the shrubs,the trees
The sun bore down
on the warm May day
giving strength to you and me
Yet while renewed vigour grew within me
I knew part of you was dead
I spoke words of consolation
I empathised with your grief
But I [...]
21 Apr
When tempests rage at night
When all around,your world comes down
When tempests rage at night
When disaster threatens your every touch
and you can’t tell wrong from right
When no one hears a word you say
And no one really cares
When fear strikes home
When you’re home alone
and oppression fills the air
When your strength is gone
and you’re too tired to move
But you can’t lay down [...]
2 Sep
Lady of the Mansion
The Lady of the mansion
That stands upon the hill
Could never find a lover
with whom she could feel fulfilled
For all her goods and chattels
For all her clothes so fine
For all the effort she put in
she could never find the time
She would lie in bed sore crying
In her empty room
surrounded by her gilded walls
and her duvet like [...]
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