Losing a loved one is never easy. Losing someone you shared more than six decades with is just unimaginable.
Bob Lowe from Hampshire wrote an ode to his late wife Kath, who died three years ago after they shared more than six decades of married life together.
Launching The Silver Line (a helpline for older people), Bob shared his poem on Radio 5 Live, summing up his life now that his partner is gone.
On The Silver Line’s charity site, Bob shared that when Kath died, it was 65 years since they wed, “but more to the point, 72 years since we first kissed…and she waited throughout the war for me and I for her”.
Image via The Silver Line
Bob tells the host that he takes great comfort that in talking to her still, wishing her a good morning and saying good night each evening.
Be warned, you may need a tissue.
The ‘Ode To Kath’ poem in full:
I am alone, now I know it’s true
There was a time when we were two
Those were the days when we would chat
Do little jobs of this and that
We’d go to the shops and select our meals
But now I’m alone I know how it feels
To have to cook or buy meals on wheels
The rooms are empty and I feel quite lost
I wander round, to look for jobs that I can do
To bring back the days when we were two
But When darkness falls and the curtains drawn
That’s when I feel most forlorn
But I’m not quite alone and here’s the proof
Because beside me in her chair
She quietly waits our time to share
Kath said to me, ooh years ago
Darling when the time comes for us to go
Cab we mix our ashes and be together?
So we can snuggle up for ever and ever.
Bob and Kath celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary – Photo via The Telegraph
