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Roadside Shrine

1 Leave a comment on verse 1 0 His Liverpool scarf hangs
pole to pole
beneath the village sign.

2 Leave a comment on verse 2 0 Cold as winter’s breath.
Left over night alone.
Misty rain and morning frost.

3 Leave a comment on verse 3 0 A match day scarf,
marking place of death,
kerbside to traffic and passing day.

4 Leave a comment on verse 4 0 Flowers taped to metal,
gaudy ribbons, transparent wraps,
cards with disbelief.

5 Leave a comment on verse 5 0 Why him and what to say?
Familiar voices spreading news,
piecing together uncertainty.

6 Leave a comment on verse 6 0 Wondering as petals die,
why this scarf no longer fills
their empty space.

Notes

Written as a response to a young person being killed in our village in a road accident.

Source: http://footballpoets.org/poems/roadside-shrine/