Memories and messages
Another day
Another journey
Hills grey and laden
With mist.
The swallows flight
In the lane
Ahead of me
Brought you
Our friendship.
Into my thoughts
And the memory
Of our last talk
At the farm
Before you died
You were eighty
And the cancer
That had bitten
Hard into you
Had won its battle
I remember
You’d just disclosed
That you were abused
As a child
You knew
I was speaking
At a meeting
With those
Who care
For the young
The damaged
And abandoned
So I asked
What message
You’d want me to give
Work out of your
Heart with love
Not from your head alone
I asked whether
We are able
To teach
How to show
Compassion
You do it all the time
Apart from to yourself
Be kind to you
Don’t give it all away
Keep some behind
I’m constantly
Surprised
At the kindness
Of the body
To release
Small memories
In ways
That ease the pain
Of loss and the hardness
Of leavings.
Your message
Remains.
RAC
Celfypridd 