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Poetry & prose
All the downloadable documents on this page are short and all are in Word 6 format. If for any reason your computer can't download and print a document, please contact the national office by e-mail at sobs.admin@care4free.net and we will send you a copy.
We welcome your contributions to this page. If you have written a piece of poetry or prose that may be helpful to other users of this site, please send it to the SOBS National Office at sobs.admin@care4free.net
Poem by Samantha
"I often stare at the beautiful night sky..."
The Choice by Jane
"Dedicated to those who have left and those who are left"
White Lies by Sonia
"Time will heal People have said..."
Father by Kitty
"Deeply sleeping, unaware of his fate..."
It Was Never My Wish by Kay
"It didn't ask for this illness I didn't understand..."
Download 'It Was Never My Wish'
Dad by Nikki
"How hard it is to bid farewell..."
And Now You're Gone by Paul Taylor
"Losing a friend is hard..."
Download 'And Now You're Gone'
A Perfect Scar by Sonia
"Four months have passed of anguish and tears..."
The Mask by Ann Page
"Each day you gave a cheery wave, your smile was broad and wide..."
Back Then by Sheila Burgman
"I'm glad I didn't know back then..."
Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide by Marion Parker
"SOBS is a club that I never thought I'd have to belong to..."
Download 'Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide'
Poems to Raymond by Susan Manson
"He never said goodbye to me, he blew a kiss instead..."
The Sea by Leanne
"For me, the sea has a magical sense of natural beauty. I have always loved being by the sea, since I was very young..."
Two poems by Sharon Perreaux-Slugg
"What do you do when someone you love wants to die?..."
"Dearest Nikki,
Words can never express the emotions of our life together..."
My Daughter by Patricia Ann Harries
"The days drag on the hours a blur..."
For Laura by Den
"6 months now you have been gone,
The heartbreak and pain is still so strong..."
For my sister Sam by Hansie
"I wish I could have held you
And kissed away your fears..."
When you walk out the door, a rap poem by Steve
"Feels like the end of days, this endless pain
My mind's backed up with the things I intended to say..."
Download 'when you walk out the door'
'To my sister' by Philly
"I’m sorry for not being there, I didn’t try to understand
I wish I had sat and listened to you and been there to hold your hand..."
'Blue angel' by Jill
"A reflection of myself
Has taken on his wings..."
'I don't know why' by Iris Bolton
"I don't know why.
I'll never know why.
I don't have to know why.
I don't like it.
I don't have to like it..."
'If only' by Sheila Burgman
"If only I had been awake
When you came home that night..."
Download 'If only'
'Reflection' by Y. Docherty
"Another day for you to wonder, another day for you to mourn
It wasn't my intention to go before the coming dawn..."
'The Parting' by Julia
"The day you decided to go
The pain you left you will never know..."
Souvenir of the first National Service of Thanksgiving for Survivors with messages from the Archbishop of Canterbury and Terry Waite
The first National Service of Thanksgiving for Survivors was organised by the Gloucester group and held at Tewkesbury Abbey on 21 April 2007.