Those We Lost

Darkness cloaks sun’s lightDeath irrevocably snuffs out breath of lifeTwo pregnant sisters, one hot summer dayTwo sons born, only one lives todayThirty plus love and life filled years betweenThen history replays the cruelest of scenesOnly this time fate reverses their roleSame two sisters, one cold winter dayTwo granddaughtersOne celebrated arrival, one tearful goodbyeGrief shows no Read More

Death Shroud

Death. Darkness. Gone. Forever. Blackness rolls in, suffocating fog Vengeful hands squeeze hard No air, No air Silent screams travel nowhere Who hears the heart-wrenching pleas? No-one. No-one. Violent pain, heart numbing woe Where to go? No escape, death has struck Final. Done. No More. Salted tears stain my face Hope has gone, far, far Read More