I have to announce my death
A poem that won't be read
Cos people can't stand the truth
I died a death in my youth.

Today I have died twice
Once as a nanna and a wife
Long ago you took my mind
I am dying all the time

Does anyone hear my anguish cries?
Or comforts me when I have died?
Or helps me sleep or stokes my head
It's killing me I am dead

The teacher died the daughter died
No one is by my side
Shunned by church she can't cope
The mad woman there is no Hope

Hope was the church they let me down
A " childish" woman left to drown
By ignoring me I die
Can't you look me in the eye?

I am dead but I want to live
But no like this ,not like sh*t
No hugs or sympathy but a rope
Round my neck round my...