He and... C

Clara

That moment when your heart stops

Have you heard about he?

That dreadful word,

Beginning with C

I don't think I can say it out loud

Maybe soon but not right now

We were never close, he and me

Not as close as I would have liked to have been

He helped me through one of my darkest times

And he didn't even know it

I questioned how he felt about me

Which he I received 

Well that depended on the day 

But he was always there when I wanted him to be

He is still so young

His life before him with two babies of his own 

So I did what I'd always done 

I wrote him a note 

A little yellow post it note 

I tried to convey in such few words 

The impact he has on us all 

I'm positive he will pull through it 

He's him and we all know it

I wish I could hold him

I can't imagine how he feels 

He has not left my mind since I heard 

For the first time in years 

I prayed He be there for him 

Keep him safe 

Bring him back to us

Bring him back to me. 

 

  • Author: Clara Ipsum (Pseudonym) (Offline Offline)
  • Published: October 11th, 2019 09:50
  • Comment from author about the poem: I recently heard some devastating news about a work colleague of mine. I remember sitting in my office trying not to cry. Trying not to change how I looked at him, how I felt about him. So I did the only thing I know... I wrote this and wrote him a note.
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Comments5

  • Thoughts In Time

    Not nice to hear sad news and it’s only natural to care out of a good heart..I’m sure he appreciated your kind words🌹

    • Clara

      Thank you Thoughts in Time. Appreciate your comment.

      • Thoughts In Time

        Anytime a pleasure 🌹

      • Fay Slimm.

        All your warm concern for a known friend shines from these sad lines dear Clara - - there is no worse a fear these days than the word beginning with C - your note will no doubt bring him comfort and while there is life there is hope my old Gran used to say........ bless you for your kindness to a work colleague.

        • Clara

          Thank you very much Fay. Your Gran definitely had a point, there is a lot of hope.

        • orchidee

          A sensitive write Clara - and not him alone, as you say. His wife/partner and kiddies too.
          A prayer or two for comfort, yes - in senses of 'solace' and old-fashioned 'strengthen'.
          Well, a bit differently, some colleagues may get on our wick. We may wish to throw them out of the window several floors up! Doh!
          But that's a bit irrelevant, compared to this.

          • Clara

            Thanks O, his family are very much at the front of my mind at the moment.

            Oh, and I definitely don't view all this way. I've been there, ready to open that window as you say haha!

            • orchidee

              Thanks Clara. On less emotional note - you opening that window there? And not for fresh air! Well, yes, cos you want to get rid of wind-bags! lol.

            • dusk arising

              The dreadful C is among us and thriving.... it's inside me right now and i am fighting it with my everything.
              From a person so afflicted let me tell u this, i've met so many sufferers and not one of them wants to be treated different to how u always treated them. I fought not to tell my son because i feared different treatment i fought the fear of being treated as something 'else'. Don't do it. Don't avoid talking C but talk about other stuff too. He hasn't changed at all. He's just been invaded by something he will fight to be rid of.

              Heartfelt

              • Clara

                DA, thank you so much for your words, perspective and input here. I certainly plan not to treat him any differently, he is a very proud man. To look at him, you wouldn't know any differently. Just goes to show, like yourself, you never truly know what people are going through. What they are fighting. Continue your fight Dusk...... thank you again. Truly.

              • Goldfinch60

                That C word can be so debilitating but it should be discussed as d a has said. A good friend of mine has been diagnosed with it but her strength of mind and purpose shows every time we talk about it, we can still talk of the things that are also in our minds.

                • Clara

                  Definitely, I won't let it define him but I won't ignore it either... I suppose its just finding that balance. To stay true to the person he is but not allow him to feel that everyone has just moved on and left him to this fight alone. Thank you for reading and commenting GF.



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