Eleven years

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Thursday 12th March 

Eleven years
Since I held you tight
Eleven years
Since time switched off the light
Eleven years
Since I heard your voice
Eleven years
You had no choice
Eleven years
A sudden, unexpected blow
Eleven years
Didn't want to let you go

Eleven years ago
The clock stood still
Eleven years ago
Darkness came against your will
Eleven years ago
Cancer crept like a thief unseen
Eleven years ago
Stolen joy that life had been
Eleven years ago
I still search the skies
Eleven years ago
Looking for you in soft goodbyes

Eleven years lost
In a fight so unfair
Eleven years lost
The disease doesn't care
Eleven years lost
Yet the love remains
Eleven years lost
Through joys and pains
Eleven years lost
Leaving an empty space
Eleven years lost
I'll search for your face

Eleven years gone
But you're never away
Eleven years gone
In my heart you stay
Eleven years gone
We're forever entwined
Eleven years gone
Your love I will find
Eleven years gone
Though the world moved on
Eleven years gone
Your spirit brightens the dawn 
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Remembering Frank
On the day you became an angel
Eleven years ago
Love you and miss you, so, so much
18.1.1985 - 12.3.2015
xxxxx
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#TesticularCancer
#TalkingBollocks
#Checkemlads
#CheckYourBalls
#Cancer
#TesticularCancerAwareness
#CancerSucks
#FuckCancer
#ForFranksSake
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The day passes slowly

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Wednesday 11th March 

The day passes slowly
In this light, sunny haze
Where memories linger
And the mind softly plays

With every small heartbeat
With every deep sigh
The moments, they cradle
The sun sinking nigh

There’s magic in twilight
In the dusk’s gentle hold
As time quietly whispers
Those secrets unfold

With the mist all around
The world feels so near
In the silence, we listen
For the echoes we hear

Love you so much
Beloved sons
Treasured Mum
xxxxx

The branches twist

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Tuesday 10th March 

The branches twist
Thoughts that intertwine
A beckoning of fate
A chance divine
What lies round the bend
Is yet to see
To trust the heart
Letting the spirit free

Love you so much
Precious sons
Beloved Mum
xxxxx

Dorset
Poundbury

The water flows so slow

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Monday 9th March 

The water flows so slow
Where sunlight likes to go

A silver ripple spreads
Beneath the willow heads

The swans drift soft and deep
Their quiet secrets keep

The current takes them by
Beneath a hazy sky

#Wareham Quay Dorset

Love you so much
Precious sons
Beloved Mum
xxxxx

International Women’s Day

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Sunday 8th March 

International Women's Day
Remembering Mum, Nana, Great Granny Smith and Great, Great Grandmother Carbines
(And me 😊)

Love you so much
xxxxx
Great, great grandmother Jane Carbines
Great grandmother Jane Smith
Grandmother Kathleen Goodhand
Mother Dawn Martin
And me 😊

Thinking

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Friday 6th March 

Thinking of dreams
Entwined with sense
What wisdom lies
Beyond the fence?

With each step firm
Fears to release
On winding trails
Finding peace

Though paths may twist 
Venturing bold
In every story
Truth does unfold

Love you so much
Precious sons
Treasured Mum
xxxxx

Just pondering

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Wednesday 4th March 

Just pondering
Under a moonlit sky
Meandering paths
Where shadows lie
Floating through dreams
That dance on a breeze
Wandering still
Among whispering trees

Love you so much
Precious sons
Beloved Mum
xxxxx

The world awakes

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Tuesday 3rd March 

The world awakes
In colours fresh and true
Every hopeful thing
Feels bright and new
It's so much better
When the sky turns blue

Warmth upon the face 
Breathing deeply in
A much better day
Is quite certain to begin
With eyes uplifted
Sunshine on the skin

Love you so much
Treasured sons
Beloved Mum
xxxxx