by Tom Mcgreevy | Jun 2, 2008 | Poetry
Don’t let me die like this Don’t let me die alone Bleeding out and paralysed A thousand mile from home A mercenary I’d become An answer to an ‘ Ad ‘ Missing military life A ‘ Civvy ‘ going mad No jobs for former soldiers With killing as their trade The tools of their...
by Tom Mcgreevy | May 26, 2008 | Poetry
Something woke me from my sleep A footstep on the floor ? A feeling someone called me A whisper from the door ? My wife she lies beside me Her sleep I can’t disturb What caused me to snap wide awake ? I’m feeling so perturbed The dim glow from the streetlamp Leaks...
by Tom Mcgreevy | Mar 30, 2008 | Poetry
I wait inside this hospice For death to come inside My wife she comes to visit Her tears she tries to hide Silent words they come From deep within her eyes Each day of my survival Delighted, but surprised How much longer must I put My loved ones through this grief How...
by Tom Mcgreevy | Mar 29, 2008 | Poetry
It’s a long poem since I wrote a time The words they spell out funny They leave my brain just perfect On page as thick as honey I know just what I want to say I face you ‘back to back’ I think of words in glowing white They then come out in black My tongue it works in...
by Tom Mcgreevy | Mar 9, 2008 | Poetry
I feel my time is finished The fight in me has gone Time to shed these earthly bonds And join that mighty one The ‘Chemo’ gave me some reprieve Remission loomed ahead Then cancer cells returned again Now trapped at home in bed I think about the treatments Of endless...
