The Day When
Just another day
I was eight
My sister ten
The day when
Aunt Alice tried to explain
I didn't comprehend
My sister screamed would not believe
The day when
Whispers everywhere
I did not know or care
Wendy older as they tried to hold her
The day when
Mum came home from the hospital
I met her at the front door
Only when I saw her tears.
Did I know
The day when
Only as I saw her cry
Did my own tears flow from my eyes
But only because I didn't want her to cry and not because
The day when
He lay in the hospital morgue
My sister and I talked
We saw a shooting star - to us our dad saying goodbye
The day when
We were shipped off to relatives in Kent
The day our dad went into the ground
But never seeing was never certain be would not come home again
The day when
The day when
A wonderful man died
My father a man who loved me without question
Was ripped from my life
No one could have predicted
The nightmare that would begin
As our mother held us and said we would be OK
The day when
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