Photo by Life Of Pix on Pexels.com You were the light of my life I was too young to know that To begin to understand What your absence would mean When you died So did everything else Life as we all knew it And I stood alone in an ocean With no one to saveContinueContinue reading “Definition”
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Emotional Day – Thank Goodness
National Memorial Arboretum – Staffordshire Today we went to the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire, I’d never been there before and didn’t know what to expect. It turned out to be surprising for an unusual reason. The arboretum contains a huge number of memorials to different people involved in various conflicts. Obvious among them areContinueContinue reading “Emotional Day – Thank Goodness”
A Mother’s War
Photo by Veronika Valdova on Pexels.com This poem is close to my heart, it reflects on why world peace is something I won’t give up on, the idea that humanity can be sensible and respect each other, and stop being scared. I can only give one small voice to this battle, which is the realContinueContinue reading “A Mother’s War”
The Trouble with Death
It’s about love Let me begin by saying that this isn’t going to be a grim or upsetting blog. I won’t be dwelling on bad memories, illness, or funerals. It’s a purely emotional blog but not a tear stained one. It’s difficult I decided to start with the patently obvious, but in truth this isn’tContinueContinue reading “The Trouble with Death”
I Thought
Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com I thought that when you passed away And slipped into the light, That I would no more know the day And you no more the night. And yet I find when all is done You and I are always one. Never more just I and me Always, ever, only, we.ContinueContinue reading “I Thought”