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Freddie

My tears were all for Fred. My brother has already died; My mother and my dad and then The Tom to whom I had been wed. Through it all, I'd been dry-eyed. (They stalk me at night in bed.) The phone call came that Fred had died And a bomb went off in my inside! I howled, I pounded things and cried! I still don't fully comprehend; I heard he was a real good guy, But I hardly knew old Fred!

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Deb M

Date: 8/19/2022 6:02:00 PM

Elizabeth I find your poetry very interesting and thought provoking. Loss and grief are awful and grief has a mind of its own! I see you live in Oz….which State? I’m in Perth. Debx

Elizabeth Mccann
Date: 8/21/2022 12:14:00 AM

Hi Deb! Really nice of you to comment! Alas, I'm in Melbourne sop much more than a stone's throw away! You've got a lot better weather though! I'm orid from Ohio, in Oz since '73. Elizabeth

Linda Alice Fowler

Date: 8/11/2022 5:57:00 AM

The proverbial straw that broke the camel's back. Sadly, many of us have been there. Nicely penned Elizabeth. Linda

Panagiota Romios

Date: 8/10/2022 9:00:00 AM

Tragedy seems to unite us all with a common thread. Which one of us has not lost! Yet..we get over it! There are always others to love in their life. Then what your parents taught you about love you can share with others in that way remember your parents and others you lost. Panagiota X

Bill Baker

Date: 8/10/2022 7:55:00 AM

Loss is always hard, but when several losses in a short span overwhelm us, the tears will likely flood our eyes. My mother, sister, and brother all passed within two years and it took quite a while to come back to a better place again. We have to eventually face the reality and accepted life and death for what they are. My thoughts and prayers are for peace in your heart to return soon, Elizabeth. A poet friend in Texas, Bill

Elizabeth Mccann
Date: 8/10/2022 8:52:00 PM

Hi Texas Bill. You commented so generously on my poems! Thank you! The losses in your family are so huge, almost beyond bearing in that short space of time. I am well now, living in Australia, Ohio born. Elizabeth

Shirley Hawkins

Date: 8/3/2022 4:25:00 PM

Oh Elizabeth, how sad. I think the shock a sorrow of losing a loved one is so great that it doesn't sink in straight away, and the gates open to floods of tears. My son died three years ago and left a void that can't be filled. Take care. Shirley

Elizabeth Mccann
Date: 8/3/2022 5:13:00 PM

My heart aches for you, Shirley. Thankfully I've not lost a child. One did a fugue for a couple of years and I was distraught! I know nothing can make this right for you but I will reach out in twilight hours to hold your hand. Elizabeth

Connie Marcum Wong

Date: 8/3/2022 12:59:00 AM

Pent up emotions must be released like a smoldering volcano that one day unexpectedly erupts. I can relate perfectly. I lost my husband, son and good friend in under two years. I usually don’t shed tears but the dam may burst when reading a poem. Wonderful! Blessings xxoo

Elizabeth Mccann
Date: 8/3/2022 3:04:00 AM

How sweet of you to share this, Connie. We tough it out and then some small thing tucks in under the carapace and there it all is. Tears are the magic potion after all. Elizabeth