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Anger accompanies Grief

In time life should be improving, 
And it's nothing but confusing, 
Odd days you fair so well,
Today's a day from hell,
It starts as you wake up, 
Within a moment you blow up, 
A simple task you've done each day, 
Becomes a problem it's just the way, 
A cup of coffee you spill the lot,
The temper starts you've lost the plot, 
At your peril your walking around,
Without your slippers touching ground, 
Next that is unknown to you, 
A hard,sharp object coming into view,
On normal days it would be seen,
Not on a day that's been so mean,
You step on hard the pain is instant,
You shout out insults it's persistent, 
There's no-one to calm you down, 
If there was they'd see you frown, 
But as you sit and nurse your wound, 
You breath a sigh and then come round, 
It has been a day full of drama, 
But ends so tranquil and much calmer.

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Pain hits hard

My partner and I were never prepared,
for what the specialist doctor said, 
We hoped the chemo worked but dread,
to tell you that the cancer spread, 
Our palative nurse tried to dull the pain, 
But time after time it was bad news again, 
I just had enough of the pain being raw, 
My impulse was to punch the sitting room door, 
I needed some space to digest the bad news, 
My love of my life I was soon to lose,
How do you deal with such a dialema, 
Love will grow strong even when not together.

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The beginning to the end

My start in life was not round here, 
Newcastle was my home, 
But now I've spent 20yrs in washington where I roam, 
Now I wonder what is left, 
A hopeless future at its best, 
A big part missing cruelly took, 
Plucked from life with a baited hook,
20yrs and it ends this way, 
With no one by my side today, 
3years ago and all was fine, 
A loving family spending time, 
We had our problems all families do,
Without a challenge you won't get through, 
But one big problem had us beat, 
Cervical cancer we had to greet, 
The biggest upset was it's stage, 
The worst stage 4 was off the page, 
We just knew it was so bad, 
There was no magic spell we had,
So all I could do for my love, 
Was go beyond and up above, 
We were happy with what we had, 
Our son still has his mam and dad, 
The family bond worked well together, 
It led us forward in life for ever, 
When a problem came to light, 
We managed to solve it and get it right, 
The two of us we were a team, 
So strong together it would seem, 
We solved our problems we'd think it through, 
As proud parents that's what you do, 
But that one day it all went wrong, 
As the saying goes "it went Pete Tong ",
The nightmare started at the clinic, 
Sat in reception with a look of panic, 
Time stood still as the verdict was read,
All the results was everything you dread, 
The feeling of real shock, 
Never felt it before, 
Such a kick in the face as we walked out the door, 
That was the first of a catalogue of bad news, 
It was now that the cancer would start to abuse, 
My partner hung on and battled away, 
But the cancer won over on the 5th of May.

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Towards the light

Today was the day my partner would go,
Through the tunnel of light and her pain was no more, 
My pain  begins the end I don't know, 
Today is no different the pain seems to grow, 
I had the misery to watch her decline, 
A tumour malignant but why not benign, 
To witness my partner suffer like this,
Her last days she slept,
For me it was bliss,
Throughout her long illness we had to many scares,
From moments of collapsing or soiling her wears,
Problems with treatments,
Bad news from her scans,
Cathata keep blocking on the leg where it hangs,
Eight hours in chemo, 
No fun on your own, 
We were in a pandemic, 
I'm forced to stay home,
Then to return after such a long day, 
Hoping the treatment kept cancer at bay,
My partner stayed strong,
She put up a good fight,
To be free of the cancer ,
She must head for the light.

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Love and change







 

Is it about time I turned a corner, 
And mix with more friends and not be a loner. 
Grow with confidence push myself harder, 
Nourish my body with trips to the larder. 
Walk with my dog who I call Dora,
She's a French bull dog your gonna adore her.
Fill my day with plenty of action, 
It's a great motivator and a helpful distraction. 
Feel better in myself and people would know, 
I'm back to reality with a smile and a glow.
Not to forget a past life on pause, 
3years of bad trauma the probable cause.
Bringing up the horrors I saw,
The death of my partner who I miss even more. 
The mother of our son and a good one at that, 
But it's the time missed with him and where his life's at.
We had so much to do, 
And places to see,
Grow old together and cuddle with me. 
So hard to forget and realise its no more ,
I love you so much and that love will just grow.

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Finding a purpose

What is my purpose, 
What is my dream,
 Is life meant to hurt us,
 Why is my life so mean.
 Life is a test,
Life is a mission,
Life has no rest,
When you've lost your ambition. 
Life is 10yrs in a HMP prison,
Life is to long when a loved one is missing,
 Life can have hurt,
Life can be pain,
Life ain't a cert,
Life is to blame,
My life is on hold,
My life is on ice, 
My life so I'm told, 
Is a roll of a dice.
Life can be fixed,
Turn your fortunes around,
You've lost your true love,
Happy memories you've found.

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Darkness

My darkness has lifted my future looks clear,
Then one certain trigger,
My eyes shed a tear, 
Then thoughts after thoughts,
It's now all out of sorts, 
Remembering the cancer,
3years that she fought.

My darkness has lifted my future looks clear, 
Today's been a good day, 
Had nothing to fear, 
Thoughts after thoughts, 
Of good days we brought, 
Remembering the past times, 
But the futures un wrote.

So one day of darkness, 
And one day it's clear, 
But there is no pattern, 
There's nothing comes clear, 
To grieve for my loved one, 
There's no right way or wrong, 
My ways to write, 
A poem not a song.

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Ring that bell

It's very strange by yourself,
 In a home that meant so much,
My nights are weird I make no sense,
I'm speaking double Dutch.

What I mean ,I just can't tell,
 if only my head was clear
I keep most problems too myself 
It's a problem I do fear.

No wonder I feel so let down,
I thought I would cope well,
I really thought we would get through,
For my love to  ring that Bell.

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Darkness

My darkness has lifted my future looks clear,
Then one certain trigger,
My eyes shed a tear, 
Then thoughts after thoughts,
It's now all out of sorts, 
Remembering the cancer,
3years that she fought.

My darkness has lifted my future looks clear, 
Today's been a good day, 
Had nothing to fear, 
Thoughts after thoughts, 
Of good days we brought, 
Remembering the past times, 
But the futures un wrote.

So one day of darkness, 
And one day it's clear, 
But there is no pattern, 
There's nothing comes clear, 
To grieve for my loved one, 
There's no right way or wrong, 
My ways to write, 
A poem not a song.

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Losing a lot more

Time has gone slow and I've lost the way,
Neglecting myself even more every day, 
My confidence shot,
I don't have much go,
I can't build up my energy, 
And make my blood flow. 

I've lost my belief, 
On a future  undone, 
It's sad how it happened, 
The loss of some one, 
That some one was loved,
More than they knew, 
Life now without them, 
Is one I'll get through, 
But I need to recover, 
And look out for our son, 
Fill in what is missing, 
Quite simply "HIS MUM".