You Really Loved Them, Didn’t You?

You Really Loved Them, Didn’t You?

you are sad
and it is applied
to your eyes
in a darker shade
it does not lessen
the grip,
of the love
you really loved them,
didn’t you?
you wear that love
like a glove but it cannot
bring back what is lost

you are sad
and sadness
is constant
when the constant is loss
you really loved them,
didn’t you?
and where is the path back
when the fire consumes
and something looms
you are sad
and it is applied
to your eyes
you really loved them,
didn’t you?



James Garratt – Tuesday 4th June 2019