Remembrance (For Carmel Azzopardi) Poem by LeeAnn Azzopardi

Neverously flicking at my last, long fingernail
As I watch the corpse being put in the ambulance
Knowing it was the new neighbour whom had cancer
But that was all I knew of him
The sadness from that death overwhelms me with grief
Since it will be about the memory of you in a few weeks
I try to focus on the prepartions for my birthday
But the remembrance of yr face keeps following me
When I close my eyes at night
The memory of yr smile lighting up
When I read a poem to you
Or asking for advice on my drawing
Sparks the poetry, in which, I write
As I leave a trail of tears on the ground
I continue to go to yr memory
Hoping against hope we will be together
Once more