Wednesday 22 February 2017

The Wednesday poem #12 - Shadow

Shadow

The lady in the bed,
just a picture of mum
She looks just the same 
but her spark has gone,
Never emerging from the shadows,
Just waiting to die,
Breaks my heart, 
makes me cry

Copyright 2017 - Roger Tichborne 

(Rog note : I wrote this in 2001 shortly after my mum had a stroke. Perhaps one of the most despairing pieces I've written. She was in hospital and I didn't think she was coming out again. But she rallied and ended up living back in her own flat for another 7 years. It was difficult but we did have good times again)

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