Anniversary

17/10/2020 -  Poem a Day Compilation



A lot has happened in the last year.

A lot I’ve faced with abundant fear.



Everyone would say how brave I was being

But they could not see what I was seeing.



A world without your smiling face.

A world where I cannot keep pace.



I wake and you’re not there beside me,

But memories of you won’t let me be.



Too many dinners cooked you wouldn’t eat.

Too many lunch dates you won’t meet.



Your clothes hung in the wardrobe for too long

But giving them away seemed so very wrong.



I avoided places we used to go.

I avoided people we used to know.



I wanted to hold your memory tight

But I also wanted to run from it in fright.



There were spaces that you used to fill.

There were days that were a bitter pill.



Time passing doesn’t change that you’re gone

But each day I take another step on.



I went to my first concert alone.

I went wearing your favourite cologne.



I travelled with the kids to see your parents

But I wore your watch under my garments.



Those nights when we would have been out;

Those night were often filled with doubt.



I’ve started on the things I never thought I could

But I am also doing things you thought I should.



I’m not sure how I’ve made It this far.

I’m just blessed to have known who you are.