I sit awake on the edge of our bed at 2 am talking...
Heat lightning streaks the bedroom walls where our...

Sitting here in the gloom of this small and barred...
My mind is free if not me to wander happily were I...

We miss you
Your hands feet and toes your tiny fingers...

I was born aged 93 toothless gums and arthritic...
Whispy scalp and liver spots faded away the...

I look into your eyes see the pain reflected there...
Your green eyes now so blue framed in a scarlet...

I open sleep filled eyes and the scent of you...
It lingers and torments beckons me from the bed...

I stifle my scream
Turn pain to Peaches and Cream...

The pale dawn illuminates your face
Cold and uncaring...

If only your words were falling leaves
How brightly my Autumn bonfires would burn...

A hundred years since you got the vote and grabbed...
So put away that Hoover and lay down that brush...

Happy Valentine's my dear
Its been another wonderful year...

Eyes distant as the Moon skin as pale and...
Someone's Daughter...