What Inspired Me To Write "Widows Cry"

I wrote this poem one evening when I was getting ready to go home while teaching at a private school in Tampa Florida.

It was Friday. I hated Fridays after the passing of my husband. Before he died I always look forward to Fridays. It was the beginning of the long weekend when we would have more time all by ourselves.
No lessons, no children and no correcting of books.

So while waiting for the clock on my classroom wall to strike 3 i sat in my chair and thought t..Tassel you have everything..you are debt free you have food, clothing, health and friends so why are you not happy.

I looked deep inside of my soul . I took pen and paper and wrote the poem:Widows Cry.




Widow's Cry

Lord I long for a family again
A family to call my own
It hurts to be alone!
The nights are long and muddle
No one to cuddle
No one to kiss
No one to share my wish
The house is noisy
From the music that blasts from the radio
The voices and the faces that speak and stare
From the t.v. in the empty family room
The tick-tock from the clock on the hard wall
in the hall
Yet I hear SILENCE!Screaming at me!
I'm alone
I'm alone
No One to call my own
I long for someone to talk with
To pray with
To dance with
To cry with
To laugh with
To share intimacy with
To eat with
Lord hear my cry!
Tassel Daley
Copyright ©2008 Tassel Daley