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

'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..."

 

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'If only' by Sheila Burgman

"If only I had been awake
When you came home that night..."

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'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..."

 

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'The Parting' by Julia

"The day you decided to go
The pain you left you will never know..."

 

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'Message of support' from Terry Waite

This message was read out as part of the National Service of Thanksgiving for survivors organised by the Gloucester group and held at Tewkesbury Abbey on 21 April 2007.

 

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