A thousand tears I have shed
since that fateful day I sat besides you on
what became your deathbed
A million memories whirl within my head
since that day the nurse told me were dead
A hundred regrets I have of things I should have said
I should have told you how much I loved you and more
since that day I have tried desperately to block out and ignore
An emptiness that lingers deep within my soul now exists
A sadness that invades my thoughts now persists
I shall remember a billion recollections of those times I treasure of you
in the hope they get me through
now that you have passed no longer to to return
People say time is a great healer but normality has now fled
it has been stolen
sorrow and silence is all that is left
So how can I resume to carry on
now that you have left me alone and bereft
©Copyright 2013 by June Bolland.
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Very moving, Stay strong. please check out my blog post about my beautiful great granny xx http://mylifemybubble.wordpress.com/2013/04/05/lilies-are-everlasting/
Thank you for your comments although the poem was written about 9 years although it has been slightly tweaked about the passing of my father who died of cruel illness Guillain–Barré syndrome which is rare, at 1–2 cases per 100,000 people annually, he was paralysed from the neck down , unable to breathe , speak or move . We watched him for 8 weeks like this. he past peacefully but he was just turned 71 , he too was born in Wales and we returned his ashes back home . That gives me comfort.