Description
I’ve joined the ranks of the departed
I never knew this was coming when it did, maybe that is a better way to go
Whether or not you share my thoughts, that I will never now know.
I’ve joined the ranks of the departed, making room for those to come
Though for how long we can sustain such worldly growth, leaves me cold; excuse the pun!
Can I thank you all for being here, whoever you may be
Close, distant, friends and family; saying hello and, goodbye to me
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We’ve shared some happy moments; shown our love in many ways
Oh, we have so many memories, of those shared and joyous days
They had better be, for sadly, my passing cannot be adjourned So, its time to wind up my final words and wish you all goodbye
Gone I have though unexpected, of that, no one can deny
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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