Grief

"Happy Mother's Day", it's everywhere,
Social media and notices around town
Every shop window...

Where there used to be such sunshine, a dark cloud took its place;

It follows me all over, and...

Yesterday while dining, I met a man so sad;

Through choking sobs and teardrops, he told me ‘bout a...

Yesterdays’ tomorrows have all slipped away; they’re gone and can never be;

Because on this day,...

I want to speak but no words will come

I want to escape but there's nowhere to run

I want...

Memories of you are all that remain

But still burning fiercely is your flame

Every time my...

~~The only time I’m with you now, is in my cherished dreams;
We’re holding close and I’m kissing you...

~~Goodnight my treasured angel, it’s time for you to leave;
It’s time for your one final kiss, and...

Not an hour passes I don't think of you

It seems like you were all I ever knew.

We were...

What should I do now you are gone ?

Where do you go, to learn to be strong ?

You were my...

There is nothing worse than this wailing

Life has lost all purpose and meaning.

A mother...

Grief lies heavy
like the blizzard draped
over the arms and fingers
of the grey-brown...

The ground shakes beneath their feet

Weary armies march forward to meet

After thundering...

Life suddenly has a new meaning

You've changed the way I'm feeling

I had become accustomed...

A bullet. He crumples to the ground.

He lays still. To him there's no sound.

The battle...

So many times the last rites are said

As fields lay strewn with the dead

The battle has...

The trail of a shooting star I shall follow

For a wish come true, I'd beg, steal or borrow

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