You Sweet Swimmer

You bled an ocean deep
filling the rock pools
with rage

but it's not your fault

his tragic demise

it was to the bad hands
of a generation

the unloved
and worn out
made killers

'there is greatness
in every child'

your late husband
Phillip Lawrence
once said

you should believe this
and clench his rope

tight

and pull away
from this riptide
of regret

sweet swimmer