An old lady died <br />quietly, at hospital <br />and was buried <br />that afternoon. <br /> <br />I never had a chance <br />to say goodbye, <br />never cried <br />but <br /> <br />I feel a pain <br />in my heart <br />unseen <br />by public eyes. <br /> <br />An old lady, <br />who never said <br />how ill <br />she'd really been <br /> <br />slid away <br />like a candle flame <br />blown out <br />by a gale <br /> <br />and swept, <br />like flotsam <br />to an ocean <br />of the dead. <br /> <br />She'd say <br />'I'm 86 you know <br />and everyone dies <br />of something"<br /><br />Ruth Walters<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/for-sylvie-an-old-lady-died/
