REMEMBERING YOU

REMEMBERING YOU 

Today I have been thinking

On this cold grey winter day,

I have a strong memory of you

Which will not go away.

It was a crisp and cold autumn morning

You took me to the train,

We parted with smiles and laughter ~

I never saw you again

At the Station Café we had hot chocolate,

You bought me a magazine.

So much has happened since that day

So much that might have been.

You ran beside the steam train

As it started upon its way.

I can still see the mist of that morning

I still remember the day.

You called out to me to enjoy myself

As I continued on my way,

You told me you would be home soon

I looked the other way.

You looked so well and healthy ~

How much our looks can deceive

I wanted so hard to accept it all

I wanted to believe.

You never came home at all ~

A phone call told me you were gone,

That my life was changed forever

And that I must carry on.

You took another journey

Your anguish and pain now done.

I said Goodbye at the Funeral Home

And carried on alone.

The family were all there to support me

And I felt their dreadful pain.

The mist began to gather ~

Cold winds and showers of rain.

The months moved on

And nos it's been ten years,

I wept so very often ~

Such salty bitter/sweet tears.

I only wept – I never let go ~

No bitter tears I shed

I held close to the memory

My thoughts within my head.

Your time had come, it was right for you

Your agony now spent.

I missed you then and I miss you now

I remember the day you went.

No time to say Goodbye ~

We were talking on the phone.

Such deep and dreadful silence

And you were taken Home.

I had promised to be there to the end

And to show you that I cared.

It seems quite right and it comforts me

That mine was the last voice you heard.

© Linda J. Vaughan


10 years 12th. July 

TIME TO SAY GOODBYE

TIME TO SAY GOODBYE

I first saw you as a little boy

And held you in my arms,

I was captivated

By the measure of your charms.

You grew and needed me

To help you on your way.

The seasons passed too quickly

And soon had dawned the day.

The day you no longer needed me

To calm and allay your fears,

We had shared laughter and play

Sunshine and tears.

Little boy no longer – now you stand tall

Towering well above me.

Heartsick I realize that I must let you go ~

That I must let you be.

With tears in my eyes

I realize you have gone away.

That you have seen the dawning

Of your final day.

I know that you enjoyed life

And for everyone did your best.

We who loved you most of all

Must finally let you rest.

Roses – how you loved them!

And these my final gift to you,

Fragrant and sweet

And kissed by the morning dew.

I shall always remember you

And my memories will be sweet,

As I walk among the roses

Their petals at my feet.

© Linda J. Vaughan

July 26th 2009