David Bennett

'HOW DO YOU COPE'

How do you cope with the loss of a child?
One minute their here, the next their gone.
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' HER BEAUTIFUL FACE'

The first time that he saw her it was her beautiful face,
He fell in love at first glance though he was very young
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'A BLESSING IN DISGUISE'

What is a blessing in disguise?
A kick in the teeth?
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Have you ever seen an Angel?
Beautiful, Clean and white,
Cherubs riding by his side.
Now if you are so lucky an Angels feather will dropp beside you,
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'ALZHEIMERS'

He looked across at the woman he had loved for over fifty years,
She looked straight back at him wondering who he was,
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Its sometimes hard to play the clown,
Their is pathos and there are tears,
Beneath that happy made up face,
He hides behind his tears,
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'WHAT DO YOU WEAR FOR BED'

Was said to Norma Jean,
Chanel no five sir replied the beauty queen,
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'THIS IS MY MANCHESTER'

People bustling down the street,
The John Rylands library stands so proud,
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'THE MAN WITH THE WHITE BEARD AND RED SUIT'

I looked across at the crisp cold night.
Towards the end of December
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'IS YOUR JOURNEY REALLY NEEDED!

By hell of course it is
We all have a journey in life a long and bumpy trip
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'THE CLOCK IS TICKING'

It will not stop, each day nearer till its final stop,
Each day nearer we are on our way,
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'THE HOSPICE'

As he lay there in the hospice thinking his final thoughts,
Had he had a good life, or had it been just allright,
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'SAYING GOODBYE'

Is never ever easy, especially for the last time!
Maybe its to a loved one who is moving on,
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'CAN I BE YOUR FRIEND'

Said the Arab to the jew!
Course you can my friend meet my sister too!
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Have you ever wanted the night to last,
Often on your own if lucky partner with you,
Not a trouble in the world you lye there in contentment,
Snug and tight no feelings of resentment,
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'AUTUMN DAY'

Beautiful colours whats left of the leafs,
Summer has left us winter is near
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'BEAUTIFUL LADY IN PINK'

I saw her on the bus she smiled and waved at me,
She was the most beautiful girl she gave me so much glee!
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'TAMLA MOTOWN'

I remember in the sixties
Tamla was just for me
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'I DO NOT KNOW THEIR NAMES'

I see them walking down the street always holding hands,
Obviously so in love, though their middle aged,
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'I MISSED MY CHANCE'

I missed my chance of love forever
After all these years
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