What to call this one?
A mystery from some years ago
On this day - 17 years ago now
A person fell to their death
From a balcony abroad
If it wasn\'t so serious
We might say:
\'Did he fall or was he pushed?\'
No one knows - we\'ll never know....
An open verdict at the Coroners
I think of you, C.F.* (*initials disguised)
Whatever happened that day
And however it happened
A lovely Funeral Service - spoke of faith, trust, etc
Even all 8 verses of \'Abide with me\'
It\'s not often sung in full
But then a terrible outpouring of grief
Such as I had hardly known before
I didn\'t stay long at the graveside
I even got snubbed for trying to comfort some
Though I didn\'t know the friend that well
But not even reaching age 25
\'Go away; who are you?\' some said to me
I explained, but had the thought that they were saying
\'Shut up, you ridiculous little man\'
It was oppressive
They were from a rather \'common\' area of town
But their social background is only one factor
A feeling of darkness; an atmosphere of death
Mostly of No Hope
I made my own \'closure\'
A visit to the graveside on my own
Apart from the nastiness
Some due to grief
But that\'s no excuse to be plain offensive...