Fate - We Reconnected Too Late
How sad!
How bad
I didn't know, I just found out
Your lovely daughter, she spat it out
Nine years had flown by
I did not know you were going to die
Even when we reconnected you were braver than I
You with an incurable illness, knowing you would soon die
I heard you coughing on the phone
You sounded so bad, I didn't want you to get worse
I didn't want to picture you in a box in a hearse
So I let you go in the hope that you would recover, be well enough to speak to me
When I disconnected the phone, it hit me like a flash
My cutting our conversation short was rash
You knew your end was in sight
Yet you wouldn't give up hope, you put up a good fight
You were an amazing friend, a great mum and a good wife
Yet God saw it fit and He called you to be by His side
Your oncologist was a jerk, he lied
You went to hell and back with chemo, radiotherapy and other treatments that were never going to work
I hate that you suffered so much, I went berserk
Fury at what they put you through only to tell you it had all been in vain
In the end, you went through more and more pain
Why I say can't anyone be honest in this life?
You could have spent more time with your children and your husband who was your world in this life
The shock of hearing you passed was too much to bear
The reality of it gave me a scare
Now you're gone and I think of you every day
I wish I could comfort your children more, but they are too far away
I wish I could hug them and tell them it will be ok
Did fate intervene at some point in time?
I'm only able to express my thoughts and feelings when I sit down and rhyme
I was speechless when I heard the sad news
And today is the first time I don't have the blues
Goodbye is not the right word
Because you've departed from this world
You're in my heart and you're there to stay
All I can do now is pray and pray
Copyright © Brigitte Pace | Year Posted 2023
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