After the loss of my son
(2006)
#BereavementGrief #Loss
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…
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.
I know what it is to touch the fea… Everyday gnawing inside you at cos… Breaking you down right to the gro… The one you loved no longer around… As each day passes, from that even…
My mother and my brother, it seems, are staying at a nursing home On Easington Green. I am on my way to visit them, when in a crowd of people I am seen. These are not ‘Friends’ but wi...
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…
The day is getting darker And the moon is rising high I’m saying goodbye to the teachers Wise men and the fools My heart is growing stronger
The news today is rather sad, like… It seems that only bad news makes… There are no more sages, and the w… In the middle of all of this, we w… Should we bother about any of it,…
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…
Confused my mind in a circle runs, The time to come is yet undone. With nervous brow to take the crop… Of thoughts that might one day com… To pass a point, engage this place…
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…
Behind the face, the clown Therein lies a broken heart The mask portrays better days But life for him was down Inside every clown
At the crossroads of eternity the… People stand in silence to compete… To frighten and to analyse, to cat… Disgrace of all who are displaced They will confine the defect of th…
Well, the rain is coming down like… And you’re going away because of y… They’ll tell you it’s the wrong th… But you’ll be gone by the time the… So take up and run as fast you dar…
Yes, dark is this night, and the c… The movement of the planet sees to… As around the sun we travel in une… A system in which we are just a ti… The sun blazing in its place
There are better times ahead, After these long long days of drea… A time to reassess, a time to cros… To let go of sadness, to hope for… The duty has been paid,