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...

  Darkness descended since We lost our brightest light Daddy carries you in his arms In that tiny coffin gleaming white Goodbye my p...

  I miss you all the time You were my shining sun And there is an emptiness But when all said and done There’s nothing lonelier Th...

  My granddads greatest pleasure Was his allotment So, in his will he instructed His son Peter To sprinkle his ashes Over the belo...

  I’ve lost too many Nearest and dearest Friends and families I’ve watched as they Left this world One by one. Each one gone too...

  When I lost you, I felt dead too Apart from the constant empty pain All I can do now is carry on living Until the day I feel alive a...

  She has gone now And has left a hole Where my heart Once resided But her spirit Is always with me And hangs in the air Like ...

  My Dad had cancer And from the moment He had to succumb It was thirteen years Before heart failure Was to take my mum She was ...

  I had a vivid dream And you were there Lovely as the day we met. I smelt your perfume It was heavenly A fragrance so evocative ...

  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...

He leaves her house Saying goodnight at the door And heads homeward Like so many times before   She has another drink? Or snorts...

  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...

  Now that the one I love is gone The season has left me bitter My heart has lost its soulmate And Christmas has lost its glitter

  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...

Sweet Honey Bee How we will miss you And your honeyed words Well-crafted and poignant Even finding humour On your sad journey Sweet H...

AT THE ELEVENTH HOUR At the eleventh hour On the eleventh day Of the eleventh month We heard the generals say You can go home now lads...

He leaves her house Saying goodnight at the door And heads homeward Like so many times before She has another drink? Or snorts another line?...

Big man Strong man Barrel chested Smiling faced Hearty man Where have you gone? I watched you get into that bed A few short weeks ago But yo...

In an instant you were gone Taken from us by another’s selfishness He was too drunk too walk So he drove instead Devastation left in his wak...

Since the first day When my life was blessed When by Gods grace You entered my world We shared one love One heart One soul Soul mates united...