I Feel No Anger – Written May 2013 (Aged 38)

I Feel No Anger

having watched cancer display its moves –
out on the floor
i feel no anger towards it
just the choices –
and the events that happened
that is all i feel
and i feel more sad –
for the pain she suffered in her life
and i feel more sadness and more anger –
for that took part in abuse
cancer only finished –
what, in their own stupid selfish ways they started
having watched cancer spin a few deadly tunes
watching as it creeps through corridors
closing doors on life’s many rooms
i feel no anger for this
and i feel no need to jump on the cancer cause
i can applaud those who do
but many, many people closed mum’s doors
and many, many spoilt her views
just as many deprived her of vital light –
of the wit and the intelligence she clearly had
she did say, before she went,
we make a lovely couple
she said so many beautiful things
but it was a life of too many kicks and punches
and in grief, i can only ever be realistic




James Garratt – May 2013


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