and i pay the bill
the cost for the pain i feel
and the cost for what is lost
is mighty steep
Tag: loss
Moments are Precious – Friday 22nd June 2012
final moments
phone calls
and still something
it remains so difficult
Telling People Mum Has Died – Friday 22nd June 2012
i am laden
with ladles of life life experience
holed up in my hidey hole
our future and our happiness
the hopeful goal
They Are Here – Tuesday 12th June 2012
then, on some days
they are here
i do not know how
or why
but for no reason
they are here
Pictures of Mum – Monday 24th June 2019
but years move on
they gather you up
and when loved ones are gone
they bluntly remind you
that life does go on
If You Were Still Here – Monday 12th June 2012
i tried to imagine your smile
and for a while,
you were there
just walking through the door
Chime For Me – Monday 4th June 2012
run for me
emancipated freedom
who has held my frame
in this season of rain
Some People Do Not Ask How You Are – June 2012
i am a cocktail
of life experience
that is sometimes hard to swallow
Senseless – Monday 23rd March 1998
it is so very frustrating
because I can see loneliness in you
and I know it is in me
I understand a little of why you do what you do
although that is no excuse really
Lost You (originally untitled) – March or April 1998
I finally lost you
I could think about it all night
but if I do not shut my eyes tight
and I do not remember you
I may just forget
I lost a best friend
The Boy Behind The Glasses. Poetry and Writing 