THIS IS DEDICATED TO ALL THE WONDERFUL PEOPLE AND FRIENDS HERE IN ADLANDPRO THAT HAVE READ MY LAST POEMS, THIS IS A FRIENDS LETTER I HAD TO HAND OVER TO HIS PARENTS, AT HIS FUNERAL.
MOM AND DAD
THIS LETTER IS FOR MY PARENTS, TO TRY AND LET THEM KNOW, OF THE WAY I FEEL FOR BOTH OF YOU, BUT WAS ALWAYS TOO AFRAID TO SHOW, THERE'S BEEN SO MANY " THANK YOU'S", THAT I KNOW I SHOULD OF SAID, BUT SOMETIMES IT'S REALLY HARD FOR ME, WITH ALL THIS CONFUSION IN MY HEAD.
I REALISE I'VE CHANGED NOW, AND SO MUCH FROM THE WAY I USED TO BE, BUT THERE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A REASON, AND IT'S A SIDE YOU NEVER SEE, THERE'S BEEN SO MANY TIMES WHEN IT SEEMED I DIDN'T CARE, BUT I NEVER ONCE FORGOTTEN, ALL THE TIMES THAT YOU WERE THERE.
THE FIGHTING IN THE FALKLANDS, SEEMED TO PUT SOMETHING IN MY LIFE, IT GAVE ME A SENSE OF PURPOSE, A DIRECTION, WHICH I LIKED,MY TIME IN NORTHERN IRELAND WAS NOT THE BEST I KNOW, BUT I GAVE IT MY BEST SHOT, AND CAME HOME SAFE BUT LOW.
AND THEN THERE WAS THE GULF, WHAT MORE CAN I SAY, MY SERVICE IN THE SAND, MEANT I COULD NEVER SHOW MY GRATITUDE, OR COME TO TAKE YOUR HAND, AS I LOOK INTO THE MIRROR, AND SEE MY REFLECTION LOOK BACK AND FROWN, IT'S ONLY NOW I THANK YOU FOR ALL THE TIMES, YOU PICKED ME UP WHEN I WAS DOWN.
MARK WAS MY BEST MATE AND BUDDY,AND STILL IS, MARK HUNG HIMSELF BECAUSE HIS PAIN HAD EATEN AWAY TOO LONG.
THESE POEMS ARE NOT MEANT TO UPSET MOTHERS AND FATHERS BUT TO TRY AND HELP THEM UNDERSTAND OUR NEEDS AND PROBLEMS, DEEP DOWN INSIDE THERE IS THAT FEELING THAT SAY'S THE NEXT ONE IS ME.
THIS POEM IS DEDICATED TO MARK, HIS LETTER WAS FULL OF SWEAR WORDS, I DON'T BLAME HIM,
THIS POEM IS ALSO DEDICATED TO ALL MY ADOPTED MOMS, JILL AND KATHY.
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