Happy Birthday!
For Ben!
It never ends, and it never gets any easier!
Your image,
is captured,
perfectly,
through the lens.
The angelic look,
your innocence
Your beauty,
never fades,
It will never
grow older,
mature
like a fine wine,
Eternally
you!
The memories
stay,
the hurt,
the pain.
twists and turns
a grief-stricken
knife.
Twenty years on
it becomes
harder,
more unbearable
each year,
but each year
I become
one step
closer to you
to say
Happy Birthday!
xxxx
I am not sure about the relationship you have with Ben, but since you, although it has not gotten easier as you say, you do become one step closer your Happy Birthday poem shows a lot of appreciation for Ben and must be happy about it.
Hello Ifyouplease. Thank you for your lovely comment. Ben is my son who passed away many years ago. This was something I wrote on the spur of the moment for his birthday. Sorry for the late reply. I’m not very well and have been in bed last couple of days. x
This makes me cry. I always loved your poetry and the way you carried on living through the pain. I have lost my grandchildren…not through death but through a vengeful act. I live with unbearable grief too in my own way.
As you say here, it does not get easier, it just gets to be something we long to be relieved of one bright day when all this is past.
Once the loving connection is made, death nor anything else can separate us in the end.
Sending love to you and so good to read you again!!!
Alison xxx
Hello Alison! Lovely to see you again. It’s been a while. Thank you very much. I’m so sorry hun that you have lost your grandchildren through a vengeful act. Life can be so very cruel. It doesn’t get any easier, but just have to go on and try and cope with it as best we can. I’m sorry you have had to go through similar. Thanks so much if you Nominated the poem. I wasn’t expecting a Nom at all. More than welcome to message me anytime Alison. I’m not too well at the moment so my replies might be… Read more »
So sorry to hear you are not so well. Neither am i I am afraid. Living a day at a time.
Same goes for you if you ever need a listening ear. I am here.
Alison x
Sorry to hear you are not well too Alison. I hope that you will feel better soon. Thank you sweetheart. I have pmed you. Lisa. xx