THE BIG 60

BIRTHDAY

 8 June 2012

today

I am 60 years old

more than twice

your age

you, my darling daughter,

murdered at 26

by a mad bomber

on a London tube

I would give my life for yours

in a heartbeat

give you the chance

to continue your adventures

find love?

have a family?

the possibilities

were endless

I would give you the chance

  to laugh and love

  to enjoy your wonderful brothers

  and their beautiful young women

my only life regret

is that I was unable

                 to save you

unable 

  to swap places with you

                   to take death

                     away from you

I would have embraced death

in a heartbeat 

Arohanui

KG

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