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| Golden - Golden Cross Lane - unfinished - 2012 - Alan Brooks / oils on masonite. |
Frances Mary Brooks
It's been a long time, Mom.
Your chair is empty in the living room - and it doesn't look right at all.
That house was your house.
Everything about it said you.
The garden is untouched of course, and very tired now.
It is not hard to see how much it misses you.
The bird tables and the bird baths are still in the yard.
But there are no birds.
They miss you too.
Everything left with you.
Everything is very still.
Everything is very empty.
Like we're all waiting for something. . .
Nobody to fill your space.
Nobody to take your place.
The Heaven you brought to the garden
went back to find where you'd gone.
So, I will remember your love of the countryside
and nature.
Your giving heart.
The welcomes you gave to my friends and family.
The wonderful "banquets" you shared,
they will always be remembered.
You are missed,
in so many ways.
You could never be replaced.
R.I.P.
With Love
Alan