I think people know…
i smile –
but they worry
that underneath i have a mantle of sadness

he girls,
they always have a soft spot for you
i know,
it is true

and, when i look at you –
i do not know what to do
i know,
it is not my job to fix

i think you grieve
for her life and not just her death
death has just allowed –
a more open and expansive grief

i find sadness difficult
after all,
there has been so much sadness –
in my life

it is easy
to say, they need not be –
of a sufficient standard
after all, that is what they want

ow fortunate that can, ‘sock it to the man’
with your radical social media presence
how very fortunate…