I’ll never forget that moment

I’ll never forget that moment
However hard I’d try
Despite the optimistic tone
I knew you were going to die

The feeling of such helplessness
Was really so profound
An all-encompassing cloud
Affecting all around

Let’s beat this thing, we won’t give in
Was our defiant cry
But behind the hugs and awkward smiles
We knew that you would die

Right so Lin has limited time
Let’s make her last year fun
But defiance turned to denial
and the right thing wasn’t done

The cruelest countdown had begun
To the inevitable broken hearts
We didn’t know the end date
But we knew this was the start

We began our mourning then for Lin
But she was still alive
Let’s put a proper perspective on life
Until the dreaded day arrives ….

New Years day, 2003
Linda’s release came around
“it’s for the best” we told ourselves
…but the loss was so profound

The pain of loss felt by so many
Answers to our questions still to give
Where the justice – there isn’t any
...she had so much life to live ?

On special days we remember Lin
That loss prevails today
But we move on with our lives
Lin would want it that way


TBC ….