some days
some days
the pain won’t stop
and sleep
won’t come
some days
are just going
to be like that
some days
all the stories
about love
and its triumph
over death
just won’t wash
some days
everything
makes you cry
when death whispered
in my ear
when death
shouted down the house
I hoped
it might make me
special somehow
but some days
I realise
no-one really
wants to hear
about the end

church door, contemplation
HC: 2022-10