Now It's Come To This (Poetry)
20th April 2025
Born mid-Thirties and
therefore too young to
remember the War
a grown man by the
fabulous Sixties
He shook off his roots
and bettered himself
trained hard to obtain
an engineering
qualification
Moved South — got a job
a wife, a mortgage
and fathered a son
this church-going man
good neighbour and friend
Worked till retirement
his wife passed away
a widower then
alone in his home
too much time to think
His late eighties and
fighting dementia
his carers call round
he can’t remember
the reason they come
therefore too young to
remember the War
a grown man by the
fabulous Sixties
He shook off his roots
and bettered himself
trained hard to obtain
an engineering
qualification
Moved South — got a job
a wife, a mortgage
and fathered a son
this church-going man
good neighbour and friend
Worked till retirement
his wife passed away
a widower then
alone in his home
too much time to think
His late eighties and
fighting dementia
his carers call round
he can’t remember
the reason they come