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| Bridge 142, Shropshire Union Canal © 2000 Simon Crosbie |
for Rosie: Simon’s song
(in memory of Simon Crosbie: 25 December 1966 to 24 April 2025)
there are no words that you can say
no pill to take the pain away
when you are raggedly ripped in two
there is no healing superglue
more than just each partner’s brother
once we were there for the other
much more than just so simply there
yet tighter than a braided wire
we were as close as lovers once
yet did not do those things they do
except those kisses on the cheek
pinched in jest for being unique
there are no words that you can say
no pill to take the pain away
when you are raggedly ripped in two
there is no healing superglue
you are the loveliest man I’ve met
the brightest and most gifted too
so full of love and honesty
that sharing time and space with you
have always been my greatest joys
that knowing smile, that gorgeous voice
so dapper and so full of zest
genius at its very best
there are no words that you can say
no pill to take the pain away
when you are raggedly ripped in two
there is no healing superglue
the plans we’d made, the things we’d do
the sprawling journeys we’d relive
the craic and music shared once more
the mutual pleasure they would give
I missed you when you were alive
do not know what I’ll do in death
would sadly swap lives to survive
would gladly take your final breath
there are no words that you can say
no pill to take the pain away
when you are raggedly ripped in two
there’s nothing else that you can do
but weep…
