I knew your dad had died <br />but now your mum and brother too <br />and the death notice wasn’t clear <br />- it might also have been you <br /> <br />I only have one photo <br />on the train from York to Leeds <br />of an ordinary young woman <br />- no jewellery or beads <br /> <br />it doesn’t show the passion <br />and the real love we shared <br />just a dirty old carriage <br />where nobody cared <br /> <br />I should have been bolder <br />I wish I’d loved more <br />and now I cannot open <br />that unique, gentle door <br /> <br />in the fading picture <br />your eyes are tightly closed <br />and you just suppress a smile <br />as if you had dozed <br /> <br />for all these awkward years <br />then suddenly woken <br />our love was right there <br />still unspoken<br /><br />Paul Judges<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/i-knew-13/
