72 Miles From The Sea

  There can be no lonelier Place on earth than grief When you lose a loved one Mother, father, sister, brother, A spouse, a close fri...

  Now that mums not here You try not to show you’re sad But we know you miss her And we know that you feel bad But please don’t ever...

  It was early when the children woke up With their squeals of joy and delight They hadn’t woken me though I’d been awake half the nig...

  There can be no lonelier Place on earth than grief When you lose a loved one Mother, father, sister, brother, A spouse, a close fri...

GRAMPA’S DARKEST DAY Darkness descended since We lost our brightest light Daddy carries you in his arms In that tiny coffin gleaming wh...

IT WAS CHRISTMAS EVE It was Christmas Eve We were preparing for Christmas day Stuffing the bird and peeling veg Singing of Santa on his slei...

Do not grieve for me Do not mourn my passing Remember me with a smile Don’t think of me as gone Remember what we had Think of our life like ...

It was early morning The sun was barely up I knew because I saw it rise I had lain in the darkness Awake and aware for hours Unable to sleep...

I could not weep When he was diagnosed And I feared the worst Or when the false smile appeared And he feared it too And put on a brave face ...

John, in his boat one grey autumn day Bobbing on the lakes black water His heart gripped by blackness As he sobbed for the loss of his daugh...