For A Neighbour Poem by Phil Soar

It's stretched my imagination,
Now my neighbour's gone
it was over in a sudden flash,
That memory lingers on
One minute he was standing there,
And making life such fun
But now the silence hurts the heart,
The sorrow has begun

No pain, no strain, just suddenly
One minute he was there
And then his tools were falling
As he tumbled through the air
His stricken heart restricted
His breath faded away
We stood and stared at nothing
He was already on his way

So nothing quite compares the mind
For what your sight beholds
A person who was warm and kind
So lifeless and so cold
But never quite examining
Why life can be so grim
No more a life and future
That would stand in front of him

But now he's gone, And life moves on
The mind no longer grieves
And endless happy memories
Are what his memory leaves
And as we said our fond goodbyes
And everyone agreed
The fellow was a gentleman
A very fine man indeed




In Memory of Nick Hone.