I wrote this one a while ago now as an exercise at Read To Write when we were looking at the poetry of Thomas Hardy. It's based on a real incident that happened a few days after my dad died in 2005.
1
I knew at once that he was there
"Hello Dad", I said, even though
in the mirror I could see behind
nothing at all but light and air
"Hello Dad", I said, even though
in the mirror I could see behind
nothing at all but light and air
2
I felt a soothing in my soul
Tortured by such knotting pain
in lonely hours, the darkest days
when there was no-one could console
3
A shaft of light broke through the grey
As his presence drifted off
"It'll be OK Dad", I said at last
Though I wished so much for it to stay
Tim Fellows 2019
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