After the loss of my son
(2006)
#BereavementGrief #Loss
Between the deep green pines that… The highway runs long and straight… The traveller steps out; he’s a hu… His wishes shattered long ago, and… In his disgrace he’s lost the race…
I am so concerned to I have misse… The Worlds been turning and I’ve… I’ve been in another place, and no… My mind’s out of season, and I ha… When I go to sleep and close my e…
Life is a dream they tell And it’s all down hill from here The shops are filled with vagrants And there’s a fire on the hill The union bosses are out there
In those days when our hearts were… Nothing could change that strange… Our dreams were steadfast, it’s wh… The future was clear it would see… In those days when our hearts were…
There you were smiling though the… On the day they left only cents What then could be your one offenc… To make them show such high preten… That fence, a barrier to them and…
The waters came into my heart I thought we would never be apart This flood of grief that overcame Would forever now direct my aim To places that I should never tre…
The judge sits high in his dark ch… Aching his heart out attempting to… With his silver hair and his flaxe… He’s squatting there like a square… Dispensing justice to those that w…
There you were smiling though the… On the day they left you only cent… What then could be your one offenc… To make them show such high preten… That fence, a barrier to them and…
My love now she is leaving And the day is getting dark The night-time moon’s appearing Hear the last song of the lark The evening’s silence deepens
There is a lesson here, In all of… That later may have good effect, Though right now, I can’t see how… There must be reason, In all of t… Or do we just say there is,
Some days go by in quiet grace When convention states another pla… Should be encountered in your eye This time left to you has passed b… Convention states the play of days
Belief is his, as he walks the str… With more than enough dread in his… Far away in his mind, a place to g… Do others see him, can they know? Like a river this flow in his head…
The road has been steep, and the j… It has taken much effort to keep m… There have been times I felt I co… When I was sure that the world ha… My life was held in a matrix of gr…
Screaming down across the ground, the wind voice howls the valley scowls, its trees bending, hesitating before the crack, the split of bark now rips the dark as the bough comes crashing...
Despite the grey skies overhead Despite the rain, falling like lea… Despite the rivers broken bank And the trouble from within I still can hear those songs I lo…