Letter To Mother Unsent

LETTER TO MOTHER UNSENT Forty years since we last spoke in that park. Not my choice, hiding in the dark. Lots of changes in my life Got three kids and a wife. Uncle John died thirty years ago, Your brother Martin was the last to go. My oldest son lives in Canada My girl, sixteen, is pretty good at algebra. I wanted to finally speak ‘Cos it’s your birthday next week. No, I didn’t forget , no need to forgive. You’d be ninety three if you’d lived.