Tag: #guilty

• HELPLESS

  

  I visit the senior home- there is a cage in the basement with parakeets that greet and potted plants in the hallway. The walls are pink and cheery and the floors are clean and shiny The air smells like the pool and the hospital – Chlorine and Dettol I take the lift upstairs to where…

  Smitha V

  November 21, 2020

  Poetry

  #ageing, #empathy, #father, #guilty, #life, #oldage, #oldparents, #poemsonlife, #truth, #youth

• Guilty

  

  I’m guilty of forgetting of a memory that’s fading I can’t remember The sound of your voice That lulled me to bed when my heart filled with dread or urged me to be tough when the going got rough Or bolstered me up When my cup spilled over And said, ‘Try my dear, once more.’…

  Smitha V

  October 24, 2019

  Poetry

  #creativewriting, #death, #diary, #guilty, #loss, #memories, #mother, #poet, #poetry, #timeheals, #writing, My diary, Poetry