Broken Heart Poem by Daniel Bernard Kelleher

Alone among the presents
Stood a broken hearted father
He faced a lonely Christmas
Trying to keep it all together

A Christmas like no other
Brought misery to his door
Two police men had bad news
He collapsed to the floor

His partner and his daughter
Killed in a hit and run
The driver when arrested
Was discovered to be drunk

What should have been a festive day
Was one of sorrow and disarray
Two lives were taken from his side
By a driver to drunk to drive