Please Note:

The following are just extracts from the poems and are not the full versions.

Loved Ones Lost

How do you go through life

when family and friends are no longer there?

How do you get out of bed

with just four walls at which to stare?

How do you greet the morning

of each and every day?

How do you feel as night draws in

with no "Goodnights" to say? ...

How do you hold back the tears

weighing heavy on your heart?

How do you feel, lost and alone?

Well it's time to make a new start ...

~

... The key to unlock the grief that we feel

and help us over time,

Is to never forget our loved ones lost

And that moving on is no crime.

© 2005 Ashley O'Keefe

Empty Chair

Staring long and hard

at that empty chair,

Wishing that your loved one

would reappear there ...

~

© 2005 Ashley O'Keefe

Angels Calling

Gently to the earth

A small white feather falling,

Giving us a sign

That angels have been calling ...

~

© 2005 Ashley O'Keefe

A Gift

Like looking in the mirror

They look into our past,

And bring forth to the present

A gift that will always last ...

~

© 2005 Ashley O'Keefe