That Song …..

That Song

That song; that song I keep hearing

It dances across the room into my ears

I hear it everywhere and sadness comes and hits me

Like a punch to my stomach 

Bang! 

That song

The song they played when we had to say our goodbyes

Too soon

Unexpected 

My heart is squeezed so hard like it’s in a vice

Suddenly I can’t breathe 

Thoughts sent into a swirling whirlpool of memories 

A tear slowly rolls down my cheek 

Followed by another

Cascading down my face - it’s salty wetness against my skin

Like a waterfall dropping into nowhere 

I wipe the tears away

My cheeks still wet - glistening in the evening sun

That song 

The song that will forever remind me of you 

The day we had to say goodbye

J C Hicks copyright ©️ 25/6/23 

Joe Blogs Says

Reach your finger up to your nose

Now push it - see if it glows 

Reach right down to your wiggly toes

Can you touch them with your nose?

Can you wink your big round eyes

Now make them as big as mince pies 

Can you shake your derrière 

Strut your stuff with style and flare

Put your hands right up to the sky 

Wave then round - you might fly 

How wide can you open your mouth

Can you let a huge sound out?

Can you sit down on the floor 

That’s it - now like a lion - ROAR

If you let your mind run wild and free

You really can be anything you want to be! 

J C Hicks copyright ©️ 5-8-23

Progress or destruction?

Progress or destruction? 

Like slime it seeps silently into our lives

Invisible but toxic 

Its poisonous fingers crawling 

But we are blind to it

Yet it grows and grows

Like the mighty oak 

Relentless 

Touching all our lives 

Corporate greed 

The monster some humans seem desperate to feed

Like a spoilt child

Stamping their feet

Wanting more 

But where are the ethics? The moral compass?

Profit over human life 

That is the sad reality of modern life 

How much money does one person need?

Yet their addiction to perceived success 

Knows no end 

And who suffers 

The little people

After all

You can’t bite the hand that feeds you

And what about our animals 

Our plants, trees and wildlife 

Which we need to survive

Yet have no qualms in putting them on the path to extinction

Polluted rivers

Contaminated land 

Air no longer pure

Yet we repeat the same behaviours 

And to what end?

Irreversibly damaging the health of future generations

Like a mask slipping over our faces

We are destroying the thing we need to survive

Our environment 

Joanne C Hicks    Pembrokeshire Poet 

Copyright ©️ 18th August 2026

Author of Eloquent - a collection poems available on Amazon now. ❤️