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Don't let me forget

by Guinevere Heron

I am scared I will forget you.
Forget your voice. 
Forget your face. 
Forget your smell. 
Forget each moment. 
I walk on with my heart lodged in my throat. Wondering when it will make me choke. 
But how can I choke on a broken heart?
It's been in pieces since we have been apart. 

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Sunday 29th August 2021 10:20 am

Death   loss   bereavement   parents   love   heartbreak   forgetting

Do you grieve in heaven?

by Guinevere Heron

Do you grieve in heaven?
Do you feel hollow too?
Do you feel like something's missing?
Like our incompletion without you.
Goodbyes were not granted to us,
Does this upset you too?
Does grief hit you by surprise?
An oppression you never knew?
Or is Olympus free of mourning?
And you have no suffering heart?
Will we meet in the city of immortals,
Will it feel like we've been apart?
Tell m...

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Thursday 26th August 2021 2:29 pm

sudden death   parent   grief   heaven   heartbreak   bereavement

Your coffee

by Guinevere Heron

Where are you Mumma?
Your coffee is getting cold. 
You have missed out on so much. 
There are many stories to be told. 
 
Where are you Mumma?
Your coffee is getting colder. 
Time has just flown by.
My children are growing older. 
 
Where are you Mumma?
Making coffee is harder as I am so weak.
My body is slower and my bones do creak. 
 
Where are you Mumma...

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Wednesday 25th August 2021 12:23 pm

Mothers Love   griefstricken   grief   heartbroken   mum   growing old   death   bereavement

Dear Death

by Guinevere Heron

Why must you? If I could just understand the reasons for your soul-reaping hand. 

Who decided the time was up? Or that we must endure this grief? Tell me, Death- Do you enjoy your role as loves thief? 

You broke my heart into pieces a few times before and now you've done it once more. 

I'm not sure I can forgive you for such dark spite because you've taken my world and turned out its ligh...

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Wednesday 25th August 2021 12:03 pm

Loss   grief   death   bereavement   Death of a parent

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