Life Force!
Seamus Donnelly 1973 (Derry)
Life Force!
Slow motion when pressed in a real life remote recanted with strife an inability for quote to react to control uppermost.
Like a boat unrigged and lost at sea the gem that is him is not lost on me but what can you do how to react when trying to deal with such ominous fact
Abolition of control prevails as he sets sail on the open ocean that is his health, grim reapers breath blowing a gale, with no chance to catch him in my Auxiliary irons, Avast from my birds nest Awash with no sail.
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And as I watch the Ship set sail going off to a land where memories evoke happier times recalled and bespoke the life force slowly fades away to the horizon driven ever quicker by gales sway until in the distance can only be seen a memory where he once would have been.
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Headed for tremendous applause a final breath draws.
No matter how strong the grasp how long the claws that hold the hope that never fades till final beat and soulless gaze.
Time to reflect and with apparent candour that which once is, is now that which once was.
So as time goes by the reality sinks in which in turn status quo begin but loss so pure for all who endure never abates as loss is sure for all but none so be sure to live life’s day as your last one!
Seamus Donnelly
About this poem
I wrote this poem on the 1st anniversary of My Fathers death at home from Lung Cancer. I reflected on the sense of loss and helplessness I felt that day as his life came to an end.
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Submitted by sdonnelly on August 07, 2023
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