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Feb 2016
Once*

you
would have jumped
on my bed
shouting
screaming

"Wake Up! Wake Up!
Sleepy head!"

then scrambled in beside me
kissing my nose, my chin, my lips
until I awoke - smiling
...laughing

Now

you
don't even apologise
for never being
around
Anto MacRuairidh
Written by
Anto MacRuairidh  Derry
(Derry)   
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