I would choose you every time

14/09/2017.Reading time 3 minutes.

To You, It’s getting harder This life of ours. We have been swept up in this storm for so long Carried along at break neck speed from day-to-day Month to month Year to year Given no time to second guess what’s coming. No time to take a moment. Take stock of what’s going on To […]

He’s going to build a space rocket

08/09/2017.Reading time 4 minutes.

He’s going to build a space rocket I snuggled him, asked him if he would stay with me forever ‘No mummy’ he replied ‘I’m going into space when I’m bigger’ ‘I’m going to build a space rocket, go into space, to the stars, see my daddy’ ‘See my daddy in heaven’ It took us back […]

Another Coffee

12/08/2017.Reading time 5 minutes.

I didn’t drink coffee before all this started I was strictly a tea girl. You can’t beat a good strong cup of tea Well brewed and piping hot. Hospital tea is neither of those. The hospitals I’ve become a regular at all have a costa or Starbucks consession now What the people demand and all […]

A Smile that Reached his Eyes

25/07/2017.Reading time 3 minutes.

I had missed him. I hadn’t realised until I saw it. A Smile His smile. He smiled and he meant it Really meant it. He smiled and it filled his whole face He smiled and it reached his eyes He laughed at a little joke and the laugh was involuntary, Not a planned reaction to […]

No good comes from hope

11/07/2017.Reading time 2 minutes.

It’s not good for me It creeps in, a little at a time Normally during times of relative calm Without me even noticing until it’s too late Until it’s at the forefront of my thoughts Clouding judgement and sensibility Hope I need to give up on it It’s a feeling I can’t control once it’s […]