LETTING GO BLOG HOP

MONDAY 22ND OCTOBER 2012



To celebrate the release of her NA novel IF I LET YOU GO, Kyra Lennon (Write Here, Write Now) is hosting the LETTING GO BLOG hop.  She is not holding a blog tour, but instead invites:

On October 22nd, I invite you to share some stories about letting go. Was there a time when you had to let go of someone or something? How did it make you feel? How did you handle it? Or if that's too personal - which I completely understand - how about writing a piece of flash fiction? 

The only rules are - obviously - it has to be related to letting go, and please keep it to a maximum of 500 words.

When the day arrives, I will hop around to all the entries, along with my independent judge (otherwise known as "Mum" LOL), and the story that touches us the most will win a $10 Amazon gift card!

This is my submission:

LETTING GO

Two beautiful baby boys Tyler and Bradley

Should have always been part of their family

Born too early and unable to stay

They will remember them every single day

Candles are lit remembering their baby boys

October 15th at seven p.m. remembered with joy

They touched their lives for such a little while

They did so wish they could have seen them grow and smile.

They have to let go although they are still bereaved

They wonder what in life their sons could have achieved

Footballers, policemen, doctors, lawyers, soldiers in the army

They’ve cried and cried and let the tears fall freely

Grief stricken they try hiding the pain and the sorrow

Each day they have to wake up and face tomorrow

They have a young daughter to love and care for

With their bravest faces they talk about her twin brothers

They would have raised them with love and kindness

But now their boys shall remain ever ageless

In their hearts their memories are stored forever

Every day with their silent prayers

  

Safe in the wings of angels guarding you

When they said goodbye and adieu

They look into the night sky and fancy they see you there

Looking down on them knowing they will always care

So hard to let go

So hard not to know

So difficult to keep on living

So hard to stop wishing

For what will not be

With love from mummy and daddy