Sunday, 20 October 2013

The Forgotten Postcard

Sometimes sent from a shore where the sun beats down

Often telling loved ones about the sights all around

Usually share details of the weather and the local cuisine

But unfortunately this card has never been seen

 

It’s now old and dirty with the words faded away

You can vaguely make out what it did once say

It’s sent from a man who signed off love dad

It was never received by the family he had

 

It talks about missing them and he would be home soon

Whistling as always but sadly out of tune

Catching up with stories about the children’s life

But most of all missing his adorable wife

 

The address nearby so a good deed is required

I’ll have to miss work and risk being fired

But something’s happen that are meant to be

I believe if fate it’s that simple you see

 


I nervously walk up the winding gravel path

The door opened by an old lady called Cath

I show her the postcard and she smiles with joy

She begins to tell me the tale of her husband called Roy

 

He worked away often to make the business grow

His family missed him, often feeling low

He was in New York City on nine eleven

He now looks down from the eternal heaven

 

Tears began to stream down Cath’s mature face

She turned to me for an emotional embrace

Cath thanked me for picking it up and didn’t disregard

I’m delighted I found this forgotten postcard

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