Childless Parents Newsletter, Winter 2021

Newsletter for Childless Parents | www.tcf.org.uk 5 Sometimes In softened waves of colour I catch a glimpse of you A smile, a laugh, a twinkle in the eye And I can’t help but think of you, Always Sometimes I wait and hope for answers In the whistle of the wind The rustle of autumn’s leaves A rainbow when I think of you, Always Sometimes I ask for courage and strength Like dolphins in the deep Time moves so slowly, and then rushes past With memories of you, Always Sometimes I want to wail, and scream This isn’t how it was supposed to be! As your mother I cannot understand We still had plans you and me, Always Sometimes I hear your voice, gentle in my ear I’m with you, Ma, I am. But I miss you, I always miss you Not sometimes, but all the time, Always Maggie Pinsent Dylan’s Ma Always (with a nod to Colleen Rannay)