July 5, 2012

 

 

People scurrying for the Tube,

during a working day.

Going about their business,

in their normal kind of way.

 

Rich and poor alike they weaved,

through the bowels of the city.

Never knowing their fate that day.

Oh God, it was a pity.

 

Innocent folks from far and wide,

it could have been you or me.

But we cannot walk on eggshells,

nor into the minds of killers, see.

 

To read about it in the papers,

brought sadness to our souls.

And to happen so soon after ‘Live8’,

hampered our world peace goals.

 

We went from ecstasy into agony,

as we celebrated our Olympic bid.

It brought us back to reality.

Of terror – will we ever be rid?

 

But those precious family members,

lost on the bus and the Underground.

Will never be forgotten,

whilst there’s so much love still around.

 

 

 

 

 

June 12, 2012

 

 

I can now stare up at the window

where, once you waved me goodbye.

 

I can now visit shops we frequented

without a tear in my eye.

 

I can now pick up your recipe book

and copy your rhubarb pie.

 

But can I go a day without missing you?

Have you ever known me to lie?

 

 

 

May 4, 2012

 

 

A lovely lady with so much grace,

A smile for everyone upon her face!

 

A heart of gold and always cheery,

She did her best not to be weary.

 

A sense of humour that helped her through

The loss of her man, whom she loved so true.

 

Such brilliant children who did their best

To help her survive life’s toughest test.

 

A united family, seldom seen these days,

Of unity and love and caring ways.

 

A special person, no longer here,

And for whom we all will shed a tear.

 

A life not wasted for she left behind

Memories of a special and tender kind.

 

Take strength, your Dad has paved the way,

To welcome his loved one home today.

 

 

April 26, 2012

 

 

So suddenly the changes come

Without warning or any insight

We awoke this morning as a couple

But I’ll be alone in bed tonight

 

It’s a total shock to the system

All meaning disappears from life

This evening I am a widow

But this morning I was a wife!

 

This situation is nonsensical

My heart has broken in two

How can I live a minute longer

Now that I don’t have you !

 

You were the centre of my universe

My stability, my dependable rock

This feeling of grief is unbearable

I haven’t had time to take stock

 

So suddenly the changes arrive

And upset the master plan

God give me the strength to carry on

Now that I’ve lost my man

 

 

April 7, 2012

 

 

I awoke today and thought of you,

I often do, and then other times

You leave my mind and I am free

To breathe, though vacant

 And less happy, than when

 you fill my world

 

 

April 6, 2012

 

 

Sprinkle the earth

on top of the coffin

He won’t be coming back

He’s happy now and where

He wanted to be.

The will to live had left him

Now they’re back together,

Don’t you see?

In life they were as just one

In harmony, two hearts did gel

Without her, the flame went out

And he became an empty shell.

 

 

March 28, 2012

 

Where there was Myrtle

There was laughter and mirth

Now our hearts ache with sadness

As this season of her birth

Comes around once again

For no joy can we find

As we question the departing

Of a loved one so kind.

She must have been needed

In a better place than this

Our eyes stream with tears

As we blow her a kiss

And remember her loyalty,

Her wisdom and good sense

We celebrate her life

But that is no recompense!

Because the loss we are feeling

Is too great to express

And proves once again

That God only takes the best

She was a piece of our jig-saw

A vital part in the plan

That made us tick as a family

‘We’ll sure miss you man!’

 

And as dawn rises up

Once again on Josey Hill

It’ll be a sadder place without her

But life goes on still

So let us rejoice – together in one voice

As we thank God in Heaven

For our own – Myrtle Boyce

 

 

 

 

 

March 24, 2012

 

 

When eastern winds blow across the mind

And the dream of happiness for all mankind

Seems a distant possibility and yet one finds

In that nanosecond when all eyes

Are opened that once were blind

And all creed and colour at one table dine

Where broken hearts no longer pine

And solace the salvation from daily grind

When earthly love we leave behind

As we pass the angels all neatly lined

To welcome us home, when to death

We’re resigned

 

 

 

March 16, 2012

 

                                                        

 

Try to keep things in perspective.

Don’t go over the well trodden ground.

To keep reliving the past, as was then,

Is destructive, so turn things around.

 

Try to keep life in compartments,

By keeping a mental file.

That is easily tucked away in a place,

Somewhere in the memory’s mile.

 

Try to keep going forward,

Yesterday is dead and buried.

Look forward to all your tomorrows,

But don’t let your today’s be hurried.

 

Try to keep looking cheerful,

Whilst inside you are falling apart.

That way you will trick your brain

And love will then flow to your heart

                                                                         

 

 

The pain of death is so hard to bear,

Knowing you are no longer there.

Just a hollow emptiness

And utter despair.

No point in carrying on.

 

The things we did, the life we had,

We saw it through, both good and bad.

Just a broken heart,

So very sad.

No point in carrying on.

 

I cannot handle this sudden life change.

My affairs I just can’t rearrange.

Just a pointless void,

I feel so strange.

No point in carrying on.

 

They say in time I will feel better.

That I should sit and write a letter.

But, I was dead

Before I met her.

No point in carrying on.

 

We were soul mates in every sense.

Though that is still no recompense.

In fact it’s worse, from here on, hence

No point in carrying on.

 

Today I think I can begin.

I’ve even put aside the gin.

This self indulgence

Is a sin.

Some point in carrying on.

 

 

 

 

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