After the loss of my son
(2006)
#BereavementGrief #Loss
When you went away that day I caught your smile in my eye I did not know what then to say Was that smile you’re last goodbye… The years I knew you were the bes…
This place is from another age Invisible, but not to those who ra… A place not of peace, of quiet, or… But a place where precious memorie… Where is it then that I do stand?
Once more the sky is crying And It’s raining in my heart I wanted it to be that we were nev… But its still raining in my heart Those sunny days of yesterday
“I who am truly no one assured in God, rather a man endangered before God, a man wrestling ever a new for Gods light, engulfed in Gods abysses” (Martin Buber) This uncertain thing for ...
The day is just beginning And I’m feeling down at heart I have everything before me All I hear are the black dogs bar… My thoughts are being scrambled
Great sheets of unclean glass marc… Concrete panels and massive blocks… Angular, rising, this monumental t… Of others just like this, nothing… Rough, unfinished is its look, mat…
When the sun rose it was grey on that September day, it seemed that life had drained away, with nothing to look forward to, until the clouds broke and you said that you would stay. The...
Across the endless void From a place left in death Our traveller, the last of his kin… His journeys end is seen A destination unknown by him
From somewhere came I into this p… Though from where I come there is… But in the mirrors glass I first… A conscience then becomes me. As through these eyes a world I s…
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 heart it tells me something But wanders into night time The skies are always falling The horizon is always calling People tell me stories
I am going down the road on highwa… I’m going on a journey that’s only… I’m not sure if I can tell you, j… But will try to be in touch with y… Through the stars and through the…
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…
I see you’ve got a brand new Cadi… Yes I see you’ve got a brand new… How is it that you can afford some… That brand new Cadillac car How does if feel to drive in a car…
Telephone sounds in the dark of ni… Raised from sleep our minds confus… The telephone sounds to wake us, The shock that comes forsakes us, And we are left in fright.