Perhaps the least applauded, you work so peacefully, Providing care and comfort, to those who will not see, A future life before them, here on Earth, but hopefully, Their soul and spirit remembered, here and eternally. But Nurses, Doctors, Friends, whose dilligence displays The essence of humanity in many diff’rent ways Love, sympathy, devotion in …
Category Archives: Loss
After the Fire
The fire is out, the blackened heath bears witness to the heat Hard ash, instead of soft green turf, beneath the childrens’ feet The pastoral scene will not be saved by rain, or tears of sorrow But Nature’s power, like human love, can build a new tomorrow. Ash-dusted by the fire, the neighbouring fields await …
Broken China
(Thoughts after the breakdown of a marriage) The Loving Cup is broken, its contents strewn around, The once lovely wholeness, is split upon the ground The jagged edges, razor sharp, enough to wound anew_ The caring children, who would love, to rejoin the two. Though now the points are far too keen, for the whole …
George's Rhymes for the Times 