A Poem in Memory of Mike Scott
A Poem in Memory of Mike Scott Previous slide Next slide We don’t know how it happened only that it broke our heart The sudden
13/10/2023
A Poem in Memory of Mike Scott Previous slide Next slide We don’t know how it happened only that it broke our heart The sudden
ON A PROMISE Tony Baws 2021 The team emerGes from the tunnel, The trainers’ words still ringing in their ears The noise of studded boots on concrete Changes to the sound of stampIng hooves on grass As fifteen sweating men run on the pitch. Supporters rise to clap the heroes as they pass. A cloud of
In the days after you died Mike I thought I’d go mad To think I wouldn’t see you again made me so sad What was worse was only six weeks away We should have been celebrating your 18th birthday Though my heart was broken my head was spinning too With so many special things I wanted
We can’t wish you good morning, nor kiss you goodnight, We can’t look at your face and we can’t hold you tight We can’t celebrate your birthday without you by our side, And the pain is so bad it hurts deep inside But you know that we love and miss you more every day So wherever
How much do we miss you Adrian? Every minute of every day – we know you are not there, No brotherly hugs, no loud giggles and laughter. Where there was a strong life force – there is emptiness, silence, nothingness. The energy, the storm, the character, the chaos, the unpredictability. The lion heart, the courage, the
It will be an empty Xmas without Adrian, I remember him so full of fun each year, The presents he would pick were always perfect, That is why we always held them very dear. Now we struggle on to give our life a purpose Whilst in our head we always question why? What made this terrible
CRY awareness week was buzzing, And I was given a delight, Two tickets for the Parliamentary Reception, For a very special night. My MP he was willing, Greg Mulholland there to have his say Recognising it’s a worthy cause, Supporting screening all the way. The speakers giving a strong message, To those with Parliamentary power, The
Why do you cry for no reason? I saw your tears so readily fall, One moment you were smiling and happy, Not sure anything happened at all? Well it did – in my head I was thinking, I saw my late son’s smiling eyes, And for that solitary moment, He was with me again by my
My child when first you did appear I shed a mother’s joyous tear. And then as first you started to walk With motherly love of you I’d talk. When then my child you did start to run I’d chase and laugh, we’d have such fun. First horse riding your passion and joy, As through Meanwood Valley
There is a hole in my family where my son used to be, Two siblings left, where there used to be three. On Easter and Christmas and birthdays it’s worse, Feels the wrong thing has happened – a family curse? In all of this sadness we must all find a way, of being able to explore
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