My Son John
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By Nora Ward
It was on the 25th of July at a quarter past eight
I looked up to the window and I seen this lovely face
He smiled at me and said to me where are you going today.
I told him I was going to clone in the boat
To see the dolphins there.
He asked me for 3 cigarettes
and I turned around
I said ive only 3 cigarettes and its two ive handed out.
He said goodbye dear mammy
I love from you from my heart
That was the last goodbye he gave
We did surely part.
I promised him id buy for him a new T Shirt he would like
The colour was his lovely blue as his eyes were as bright.
I landed home that evening
It was in and around 8 o clock
My daughter came with the message
But she did not tell the loss
She did not want to tell me
The big shock was sure there
When I looked into her eyes
I seen the worry there
She said to Dad you have to come
to the hospital to see your son John
He turned around and said to her, he's doing the same thing again
No Dad it is not that
You have to come straight away
When he looked up at her face
He knew there was something there
Going up in the car with her and her husband
she told nothing to me at all
I did not know the pain she had
But she knew it all
She was the one that got him
and tried to bring him back
But it was to late for him to come
cus he was gone and passed
The priest had come to meet me
Outside the hospital door
He put his arms around me
"Im sorry Mrs Ward, your dear son has gone back to his home place
In Heaven sure he was gone
God and the angles came for him
But that was no good to me
I felt my poor legs going
and my heart busting free
I bet my head and hands against the wall
My children holding me
Mammy you will meet him up in heaven
With his arms reaching out for ye
I feel the kiss he used to give me
On my oul cheek
It is east for other people to talk
Cus they are not in my feet
They don't know the pain I had
or don't understand
My pillow wet every morning
with all tears that I shed
Ill never forget you John
Always loved.
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