Tribute
Running gear I bought before
Several years hung on the door
Since you've gone it's gotten an airing
Every Monday night I am wearing
I've joined a club, starting slow
But need to push it, up the tempo
Need to do this, do what I can
Be your saviour, your wing man
I must show them all that you were important
And life without you is abhorrent
You were my life, my reason why
This isn't right, you weren't supposed to die
To get me through, I'll pound the streets
Hoping this all consuming pain, it does defeat
But I know it won't, like you, it is a drug
I was wired to you, I can never unplug
All I can hope is to make you proud
Raise funds in your memory, I have avowed
I'll make them see that you deserved more
Your death shall not be in vain, of that I've swore
You were a victim of a cancerous disease
You didn't deserve it, brought you to your knees
You were it's victim like so many others
Father, uncle, brother, lover
So from now until the day I die
I'll honour your memory, forever ratify
The life we led, the love on one another we bestowed
That living without you cannot ever erode
So as I run these races and each penny is raised
I know my love for you in my heart will be engraved
And all the world will now know it too
For its done in your name, in memory of you
Pamela
21st January 2016