Telling People Mum Has Died – Friday 22nd June 2012

Telling People Mum Has Died

telling people mum has died
or is dead
still causes a pause in my head
as if the constant ballerina
is no longer a dancer
and now, i one of those
exchanging stories of cancer
battle scarred by a disease –
which causes some to run for their life
and other, just to grieve
it is a shift in my identity
and whilst others write,
of magic fairytales
and never ending stories
side stepping actual personality
with a pretentious flurry
i am laden
with ladles of life life experience
holed up in my hidey hole
our future and our happiness
the hopeful goal
this is a reality



James Garratt – Friday 22nd June 2012