The futility of grief

I shan't shed a tear for you
nor shall I shed a tear for them.
For if these tears were so easily shed
I would shed them for a lifetime.

Meanwhile in local news. . .

Today the 364th British Soldier was killed
in Afghanistan.
Meanwhile in local news. . . . .

Broken promises – No 23

Purple handed,
a badge
of honour
for a lifetime
on the burn.

“I’m stopping soon”
Fake smiles
with yellow teeth,
to pacify you
once again.

You recognise
the lie
and when
they cut me open
the last laugh

wont be mine.