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Goodbye my friends and family
I have left you sooner than I would have expected
I’m sorry but it’s true
Shock, turmoil, sadness or despondency
I know are felt by you
But please my friends and family
It is pointless now to dwell
For things are as they are
And we’ve plenty of good things to tell
Of the days we spent together
Of the times our lives were shared
When we talked, had fun, enjoyed ourselves
When for one and all, we really cared
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The thoughtful gestures, the helping handThe love and respect we had for each other
I will miss you, as you will miss me
But I know time will help you recover In the meantime, recall all your good memories
And how I made a difference to your days
Be good, be kind, be just, be honourable
As I hope I was, in some, if not in many ways. I have left you sooner than I would have expected
I’m sorry but it’s true
Goodbye my friends and family
I send my love and best wishes to you.
About the Author
Keith Stokes-Smith was brought up in Solihull, moving to Worcestershire in 1997. Writing poems came easy to him in his twenties and early thirties.
In 2016, his mother passed away. Two weeks later, on a train journey to London, he belatedly wrote a bespoke poem for her funeral and wrote it as if she had composed it to be read out by her at her funeral; a strange concept you might think. From then on he found himself uncontrollably inspired to write more adopting words spoken by fictitious people of fictitious ages in fictitious circumstances. In essence, he has tried to be in the mind of the reader. His poems may be considered somewhat unique coupled very often with them having a sense of humour.
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