This one is about my new partner, Mel, who I took under my wing after she lost her husband, and as I had lost my wife some years before I had an idea what she would be going through.


Her Star

There’s a lady,
She has sad eyes
Lost and alone
Forgotten how to smile

Living each day
Same as the day before
Her life has become
like a frame without a door

An empty void
That no one else could see
Questioning herself
How the hell could this be?

Her body was feeling heavy
Each task is ‘what’s the point?’
Finding things to keep her busy
Heart aching like her every joint

But her star was due to arrive
One she would see with the naked eye
Look up to the heavens
At last happiness replacing her cry’s

And my job was to make her smile
The task was in no way an easy one
When it was me that also cried
With the heartache I was suffering from



Copyright©2018 Peter Williams




Poetry by peter williams
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Written on 2026-08-28 at 11:01

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William Hughes
Sweet homage to your new partner. Maybe we should always be trying to make someone smile. Your poem is a smile in itself--and makes me smile. Cheers and blessings.
2026-08-28