....early onset
the blue is missing from the sky today
the trees have no leaves
outside it is very cold
the wind is cruel.
there is a person
in front of me
i don't know who it is.
i remember playing out
with my sisters
with a skipping rope.
it is cold inside,
that lady told me it is morning,
that is why I stretch and yawn.
that lady said I had a visitor
i was frightened to ask:
'What is a visitor?'
the world outside is very big
and it looks very unfriendly to me.
i remember when everything was nice
and we all had our tea together.
i wonder if i am asleep,
this is not my home,
why am I alone?
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John Marks
Mon 28th Oct 2024 19:46
Thank YOU Stephen for your heart-felt appreciation. The speaker of the poem is my lovely mum who left us in 2022.