Forget Me Not.

Although I’m no longer within your arms For that ever welcome embrace You’ll feel my presence around you In every mortal place. For me the suffering is over No more will I feel the pain But I know that sometime in the future We’ll both be together again. So think of...

Connection

I wonder if the others do this, The disconnected, The dispossessed, Searching always for some means to re-attach. At first I chose to see a glimpse of heron on my walks As a calling-card from you, Somehow fitting in its slender elegance. But sadly herons are quite...

Father?s Day in Afghanistan

It?s been twelve years since you passed away, if you can hear me dad, I?ve missed you every day. I have a wee daughter now, I?ve just finished reading her card, you would of loved her dad, why is missing you still so f****** hard.

Breaking Point

She goes about her daily life Acting ‘normal’ for a while Those round her oblivious of the façade That hides the pain behind her smile No one will ever realise The hurt she feels inside Or how many endless tears She silently has cried The tears are for her soldier...

The Last Letter

I am writing you this letter, the one that I hope you never receive. The one that I didn’t want to write, the one I wanted to leave. The last letter is a letter they recommend that you write, it’s a letter for you my loved ones, because I never returned on...