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Enter Poem or Quote (Required)Required COMPARISONS I sit here now back on my bed Bandaged and still quite sore I think back to my Mum and Dad And all they both endured My Dad he died of cancer My Mum of MND Both were unpleasant ways to go Distressing all and me My Dad he said the whole way through That such things were quite shit “It's not the hand that you get dealt” “But how you play with it” He played his days, diagnosis on With courage and true grit He even kept his old jumper Into which he once had fit In his last days his breath grew weak He just slept more and more No longer looked like my dear Dad Not like he'd looked before I wasn't with him in the end When he drew his last breath I wished I'd been to hold his hand And hold him as he left My Mum was strong for all of us Who were then left behind We tried to not upset her heart She's say she didn't mind We spoke of Dad and often laughed But sometimes we just cried It cuts us all when we all thought Of just the way he died Bereft of hope, robbed of his strength Left just an empty shell Locked up tight inside his frame He must have gone through hell Then comes my Mum, my guiding light She strode right to the fore She grasped the lead and stood up tall And led us all once more For 10 years plus she moved right on Taking all in her stride You could tell she missed my Dad Some things you cannot hide She too grew ill, and felt real weak They couldn't find out why When told that she was terminal I just sat down and cried “Why was this all happening now?” “This all seems so unfair!” My Mum just smiled, said “C'est la vie” And sat back in her chair We visited Mum alternate nights Myself and partner Lynn Some days we did a double shift Although it did us in I too got ill, not bad of course But I could not visit Aware of just how ill Mum was But I could not risk it Xmas '11 was an awful time It really was so sad Advancing days, time growing short Not knowing how long we had My Mum was now in her last days She knew it too as well It was just like a crap repeat Of my Dads sheer hell Her last day came, I got the call As I put down the phone I realised now straight away I felt now so alone An old orphan, a silly thought No Dad and now no Mum I waited for it all to stop But no release would come My world just stopped, the sun still shone The world just turned each day My heart was black, devoid of love “I want to run away” But that is not the man I am I buckle but I do not fall I'm bruised, and bashed and bloodied But I am walking tall I feel I am my fathers son Much more now than before For those having a real nightmare I really do implore Do not give up, do not back down Stand up for what you feel Don't be part of the machine Do all that makes you real Break down and cry and shout and swear If its what gets you through Who gives a damn what others think Just be true to you I didn't think I'd get over Losing my dear old Mum But now it's over 2 years on And rarely I am glum All I do is sit right down And shut my eyes real tight And I am back with Mum and Dad And everything feels right Whoever said the age old phrase “Out of sight is out of mind” Please send this silly sod to me I'll boot their big behind My Mum and Dad, live evermore In cells and blood and mind And through their kids and legacy They both have left behind Still here on earth not visible Most of the time it's true But I still sit and talk to them As I would talk to you I talk to them, you'll think I'm mad I simply do not care It just makes me feel really safe To know that they're still there So now I sit down in my room Upon my empty bed They both reside down here with me Even though both are long dead There's more to life than physical Of this you can be sure There's spirits, aura's genetics too And feelings too are pure So when I think of Dad and Mum I sit down with a smile And shut my eyes to be with them For just a little while I feel their warmth, deep in my soul Just like a summers day It brightens up my darkest times And chases them away I'll leave you now to close my eyes And see them both again I'll tell them that I spoke of them With love and peace my friends ----------XXX---------
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