Simon Atkinson Poet ABC

If Only You Knew

If only you knew

Days gone by and still I cry
Sole tears trickle with a gentle sigh 

It’s all still here still so real
Nothing is helping the way I feel

Blood with needles all piercing my heart
From the moment you slept at the very start

A beautiful family always here to help
Any other time my heart would melt

But not this moment or any other day 
Inside I’m crying my life away

Everything I see and everything I do
Leads me back to missing you

A little kiss upon your head is all I need
To say I love you and stop the pains feed

I can’t see a way to escape this jail
My soul is in all I do is fail

Good memories are deep within 
Like the very last sweet inside a tin

I need a way to set them free
The way a river flows to the sea

I want to smile and laugh a little 
But memories of my Nan are few and brittle 

They day will come I have to let go 
My body my mind my heart say no

No one in this universe could ever compare to you 
My beautiful perfect nan... if you only knew

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Beata Agustin May 22, 2025 at 1:48 AM Thanks for sharing this... exposing your thoughts through your unique poetic style. Meanwhile, I greet you with the love of the Lord, expressed by John 3:16 of the Bible, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." Be blessed.