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