Wednesday, August 24, 2016

Carol Corbett October 21, 1947 - August 23, 2016




The above picture was taken at Christmas in 1996. It seems like literally yesterday but of course it was two decades ago; and yet that still seems like such a cruelly short time when I reflect on the photo and the fact that four beloved family members in the shot have now all passed. My mother, my grandmother, my wife and my aunt were all constants in my life, people I cherished and loved and missed when they were alive and now each of them have moved on to the next room to have a conversation and a laugh just out of earshot, I can hear them whispering but I can’t make them out tonight…







Light Years – Pearl Jam

I've used hammers made out of wood
I have played games with pieces and rules
I've deciphered tricks at the bar
But now you're gone
I haven't figured out why
I've come up with riddles
And jokes about war
I've figured out numbers and what there for
I've understood feelings
And I've understood words
But how could you be taken away

And wherever you've gone
And where ever we might go
It don't seem fair
Today just disappeared
Your lights reflected now
Reflected from a far
We were but stones
Your light made us stars

With heavy breath
Awakens regrets
Back pages and days alone the could've been spent
Together but we were miles apart
Every inch between becomes light years now
No time to be void
Or save up on life
Uh you've got to spend it all

And wherever you've gone
And where ever we might go
It don't seem fair
You seem to like it here
Your lights reflected now
Reflected from a far
We were but stones
Your light made us stars

And wherever you've gone
And wherever we might go
It don't seem fair
Today just disappeared
Your lights reflected now
Reflected from a far
We were but stones
Your light made us stars















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