The footprints of life's path
Love rules forever Again the shining lights aboutLight up the dark black clouds aboveAgain I walk this brilliance withoutYet my love keeps burning inside alive. I look back when this love began alightThe moment I felt you within so charmsDoubt, fear, selfishness tried to fightBut triumphantly lost with you in my arms As you flourished …
Feelings … to my son, Ian, on his 29th and 2nd year away I close my eyesI feel you freeI feel your gleeBut I’m your mum, I want you mine. I close my eyesI feel you peacefulI fee you blissfulBut I’m your mum, I want you mine. I close my eyes I feel you serenceI …
I Am On The Sofa (2016) I am on the sofa where my son used to lie Back from the jungle away from it all I switch off my smile And can be myself again once more. My eyes start to water as I feel my heart in pain. Why aren’t you near me? Why …
Imagine! … Soon Christmas lights again lit upThe darkness of the cold winterIts radiancee, brightness try to warm me upBut it is so har for them to enter My watery eyes shed endless tearsYet looking up at the twinkling stars in affinityas they enhance the skies that cheersHumbled, I am sure you’re part of this …
This is the second poem I wrote. It was just before Ian’s birthday, first without him and looming very close, his first anniversary. For Ian – June 2016 Spring and Summer – bestSeasons of the yearYet this is my firstThat is scaring me to death Every moment, hour, dayTicking minute, second by second,I feeel you …
For all those who wish to view again Ian’s memorial card, including myself, here it is.