Broken Hearts

Broken Hearts

I heard he’d moved on

Still had me though

Coming home from college

To my loving arms

He was harsh and moody

I felt isolated

Cut off divided

Always unhappy

I realized with shock

I deserved better

Tried hard to go

With no fuss

No muss

Avoid the trial, drama, and recriminations

We’d just be friends

He agreed, or so, I thought

But hearts are delicate

Feelings linger

And when I moved on

I still broke his heart

For he could see

I’d found the one

He told me he was broken

He cried, he ranted, he raged

He called me names

I forgave him…

Eventually, taking all the blame

I moved on, married,

Still, I wondered

How he was

Even though I was still angry

With his behaviour, all the same

I was vain enough to think

He’d never be okay

But he moved on

Got a life

Got a wife

We both made the choices

We needed to make

Some years later

We met again

He apologized for words said

We can now just be friends

And look back with fond memories

To hours of yesterday

When we were teens in love.

Taking a break

From drama and recriminations

Trying not to break hearts

We’d remain friends

I said, to let him down easy

We date other.

I went out with friends

I met the one

Who asked me out

I was honest with my former love

His heart crumpled

He raged, he cried

I felt bad

But it was over

I shattered his heart

In the theatre that night

We didn’t speak again

Until years later

His heart had recovered

He’d moved on

I felt less guilty

But I still knew

I was the one who broke his heart

Copyright 2023 © Sheilagh G. Lee

Remembering D-Day 76 years later

Neither physical distance

Nor illness, wind, and rain

Shall keep those brave souls

From our thoughts and memories

Today and always

Those who fought on D-Day

So hard and long

So we could have the freedoms

We enjoy today

Are in our thoughts and prayers

Men some young, some old

Some in between

Scared, shaking in their skins

Found the inner courage

The stamina and the bravery

To go to war

On distance shore

14000 souls, brave and true

Landed on Juno Beach

The 6th Armoured Regiment (1st Hussars)  Crewed by William Reed, Frank White, Frank Fowler ,Terry Doherty and Everett Smith,

And others , in tanks and on foot

Battled waves, wicked weather

To face tanks, big guns and men

Trying to take land

To end the war                                  

To save their families

From tyranny and strife

They gave their all

So we could end the war

To have peace again

And enjoy the fruits of life

So on this day 76 years later

And every day

We enjoy our freedom

We remember their sacrifice.

                                                         ©Sheilagh Lee  June 6, 2020

In this together

Reach out

Call someone

Keep them close

While keeping them safe

Physical distancing is hard

Let’s connect

By phone by video

We are all one

In this together

In lockdown

©Sheilagh Lee  April 21, 2020

Sending love and prayers to #NovaScotia #onenationinmourning

Twenty people their lives
Taken

Maybe more

Lives cut short

By senseless violence
Biggest mass murder
In Canada no credit to

The evil man
Who shall evermore be nameless
His death uncounted 
Unmourned

Who pretended to be a cop.

Innocent people

Dead

A police officer/ mother dead

Another one injured
Evil came to Nova Scotia
Or hearts hurt and

We mourn

We cry

Even if we remember and pray

They rest in peace

We need to make sure this

Never ever happens again

twenty of the victims of the Nova Scotia Shooting : April19.2020

R. I. P. ~Constable Heidi Stevenson, Aaron Tuck, Jolene Oliver and Emily Tuck, Sean McLeod, Alanna Jenkins, Tom Bagley, Lisa McCully, Heather O'Brien, Kristen Beaton, Greg and Jamie Blair, Lillian Hyslop, Gina Goulet, Elizabeth Joanne Thomas and John Joesph Zahl, Corrie Ellison, Dawn Madsen and Frank Gulenchyn, Joey Webber.

We are human

Adversity

Human nature

To overcome

We fight, fight, fight

We win

Human nature

To crave human contact

Too

But we know that’s

Not possible right now

But we will win

If we stick it out

Because we are strong

We are invisible

We are human

©Sheilagh Lee  April 19, 2020

Safe at home

Lockdown

Nothing altered

All the same

Accept the deaths 
Of course
And the grief

As people 
Young and old

Sick or dying
Fall

3 different strains

Knocking on the door

Open up

Not a chance

I’m staying inside

Safe at home

Wide spread testing

Needs to happen

Then the cure

For all to change

©Sheilagh Lee  April 18, 2020

A little longer please

Open the border?

Not quite yet

We’re not ready

You see

The virus hasn’t quite

Reached its peak

Testing hasn’t been done

We’ll wait a little longer, 
I prefer my parachute please

©Sheilagh Lee  April 17, 2020

Sun is going to shine

The sun is going to shine

The days are going to get long

The vaccine is going to come

We all have to wait it out
But good days will come

©Sheilagh Lee  April 15, 2020

Isolation

Isolation

Not just a word

We’re all locked in our homes

Some alone

Some with someone

Some with family

Frustration

Missing connection

With others

We yearn

For that link

Friendship

Family

We are all missing

But we stay

For the same reason

Because we love

Friends and family

We will endure

Until the vaccination comes

That frees us from

These invisible bonds

©Sheilagh Lee  April 15, 2020

Go away

I hear my grandchild cry

When can I see you Grandma?

Come here, come here.

My heart breaks a little

I miss her so

But I know I am doing this for her

I am keeping both of us safe

Soon we’ll be together

Soon we’ll hug and cry

And smile

We we’ll win

We will this make this virus go away.

©Sheilagh Lee  April 14, 2020