Leaving unannounced ( For W.Gallagher)
You left alone
I know we all do really
But there was no warning
no sign
no sense to show that the hunter
had brought you down
and now I am left
to hum in my head
removing myself
so that no condolence
pushes me over the edge
into weeping in public.
We had no time
to say our goodbyes
but you were one of the few
that I wish had stayed longer.
About Me
- Elizabeth Manuel
- Yorkshire, United Kingdom
- Born Elizabeth Maiden, one of four children, I have written poetry since the age of fourteen, although it didn't occur to me till recently to save or share the things I wrote as I never imagined as a young adult that I I would ever want to share my deepest thoughts with anyone. Now I keep my poems as a sort of shorthand diary of key moments from my life. My hope is that other 'poets' might derive some pleasure and comfort from mutual recognition of feeling expressed here.
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