Poems...

Apologies - somehow I have posted a comment on the poem page that doesn't belong here - the website went awry !

This thread is fantastic, so many amazing and powerful pieces. Thanks for starting it Val.

I'm an artist and musician but all my inspiration and joy in anything creative just deserted me after Claire died. The one thing I could still do was write poetry, it helped SO much, and still does. Reading other people's words here is really affirming. So much courage, it is really inspiring.

Eryn x

Precisely so, Limbo xx

I would rather feel pain than nothing at all.

It lets me know I am alive.

One day I will know it, without the pain perhaps.

Till then wrap your barbs around me, Lover.

And we shall dance again.

I wrote this poem and many more for my darling Tony. He left me on the 14th of April 2020

He had a Glioblastoma grade 4 brain tumour.  I love and miss him beyond words.

Gentle Dove

Take my love on gentle wings

Fly high up in the sky

Dove of Peace and dove of Love

Together flying high

Take my love to someone who

Is waiting there for me

Touch his heart with gentle wings

The way that he touched me.

                                       © Margaret 

Margaret,

Your poem is just full of love which I love!

So sorry to hear of your loss.  Its relatively early days for you, so,  hope you taking care if yourself. 

I found this creative output very healing and hope it does the same for you. Look forward to hearing from you again soon.

With lots of love,

Dutsie x

It's beautiful.

Thought I'd contribute.

Long, dark nights, lonely hours, my fingers stretch towards your photo

lying on the pillow next to me, a security blanket providing no warmth

instead, flimsy paper, flat, crumpled and worn, offer cold solace

like the candles that burn every Thursday, that branded day of the week

hoping against hope, against all despair, that my love that ignites this flame

will somehow be the fuel that will breathe you back to life, that will lead you back to me.

Thank you for your kind words Dutsie x

limbo, lovely words, I find it very hard to look at photos, makes me want him more. x

Thanks for the poem Limbo. You got me thinking and I started to scribble again last night...its been a while since I have written anything x