19 tcf.org.uk COMPASSION | YOUR STORIES & POEMS The coffee’s on, a phone goes off The message hits the room With your name, but not from you A neon light hurts my eyes I stare out the window Let the tears roll down my cheek As I just knew My mother asks if I’m okay I cried, I lost my friend today Is there an Alternate reality where you’re still here with me We could talk about your problems And get the help you need Is there a way to wake up from this life as it were a dream This world isn’t real to me Another day, another hour another passing stranger makes me think of you The way you walked I see you stood there smiling like a young oak tree, With roots so deep and leaves that caught more sunlight than the rest Why are the best always the first ones to fall? Sometimes the storm is far too strong Is there an Alternate reality where you’re still here with me and We could talk about your problems and get the help you need Is there a way to wake up from this life as if it were a dream This world isn’t real to me an Alternate reality where you’re still here with me And we could talk about your problems and get the help you need And find a way to wake up from this life as If it were a dream This world isn’t real to me Josh Smith 2023 Alternate Reality- Darragh’s Song x This song was written in memory of Darragh, son of Carmel Owens. His friend Josh wrote it after his loss to suicide in August 2022.
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