David Bowie a final trip for The Starman 14th January 2016 by/Tony Gorman
Ground control to Major Tom
David was here but now he’s gone
He took his leave upon our planet
To be immortalised in clay and granite
In the earth he will remain
A hidden illness was to blame
On a tombstone they’ll scribed his name
And Ziggy Stardust’s claim to fame
Above it all his soul will rise
Past the dark and turbulent skies
On his journey out in space
With a coloured zig zag on his face
As our Starman took his leave
Not intending us to grieve
He kept his illness to the last
Leaving memories of his past
So ground control to Major Tom
We all miss him now he’s gone
Ziggy Stardust lies in rest
Hands held high across his breast
Now his journey to the stars
Flies past Jupiter and Mars
Past the Sun and past the Moon
As heaven knows he’s coming soon
The red carpet‘s laid down just for him
God he waits with a welcome grin
For he knows David’s gig is on
Predestined here by Major Tom
So ground control your job is through
For David has left his song’s for you
His life here was not in vain
Knowing all his music will remain
Nice one Tony. Enjoyed that.
Escaping the Grim Reaper 18th January 2016 by/Tony Gorman
My time it had been borrowed
From the clock upon the wall
Its pendulums just ticked away
As my life heard death’s loud call
Every day the clock ticked louder
To help my life extend
As the minutes turned to hours
Its face became my friend
And days turned into months
And the months turned into years
And my life became more confident
Eradicating all my fears
As my cancer now is dormant
As I listen to a chime
From the clock that hangs upon my wall
And ticks away its time
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I have written this poem hoping it will help all of those people diagnosed with cancer and hope and pray that like me they can beat it.
In 2008 I lost my beloved wife Geraldine to cancer and was diagnosed myself in 2009 with leukemia.
It was then when I was having Chemotherapy that I started writing my poems and here I am today still writing them.
I guess writing deflected the worries of having cancer and helped me relax throughout my treatment.
My advice is never give up in life and like me you will see it through.
Stay strong and remember you are important as a Mother/Father/Daughter/Son or Grandchild and with the help of those you love and your friends YOU CAN BEAT CANCER.
Tony I’m very sorry to hear your story, and my sympathies for the loss of your wife.
Your message however, is a positive one, you turned something that was huge negative into a massive positive,
your contributions here bring personal delight along with the office, we always look forward to your poems.
Our readership also, always, without fail, spikes when one is posted. We are very grateful. This poem (indeed all of them) is an important message to all those who have similarly suffer. You Can Beat cancer!
Many thanks to FRG for giving me a chance to at least try to help others by relating to all those poor souls who have been diagnosed with cancer and are scared by the magnitude of the word.
Sometimes it can ease a person’s mind to read of those who survive as I did.
My poem is how I felt as each day passed until I got to the last day of chemo.
I hope there are many more that will follow in my footsteps and can look at my poem and say the
Poem is their story too.
Many Thanks to all at FRG for allowing me to express myself on the site.
Tony