Description
I’ve lived my life and lived it well
I’m uncertain as to what to say, grieving as you will be
Though of course I can no longer say anything; I am a permanent absentee!
My parting was inevitable; I knew I was failing fast
And thank those of you who cared for me, until the very last
I appreciated you being in my life, for the love and the joy that you gave
And the times that we visited each other and left with a kiss, and a wave.
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I’ve lived my life and lived it well, likewise you must doFor what I learnt in my later years, was that these later years were few.
We’re here today to say goodbye and yes, from me to you
So, goodbye my friends and family, my love goes with you too.
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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