Do They Have Telephones Up in Heaven?
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Gone too soon
Life’s clock has struck twelve
The precious time I had with you
Is now over all too soon
Why did you have to leave
Before I could say how much
I love you sweetheart
Is there anything I can give
To make you stay a while more
All those times the doctors said
You have a day more to live
I would hear you had a year longer
No parent wants to let go of a child,
A child like you my angel
Do they have telephones up in heaven
Where I can make a long distance call
No matter how much it costs me,
No matter how long it takes to get through,
I’ll wait a lifetime for that moment to come true
Your time with us was far too short dear
When I look up into blue skies
I can only imagine the playground
You’re running around in, looking back
Every once or twice trying to recall
Mummy, Daddy and little brother
Memories who will fade as the years pass
But you will be in the centre of my heart
Till my time comes to be with you love
Your little brother looks at me
Breaking down in the kitchen
Quietly wondering why you left
Without growing up to say goodbye
I can’t even find the words to
Carry on without the sunflower
That I carried everywhere I went
Wearing you on my heart like any
Proud parent only to have lost all
In a day so dark I almost fell so deep
I thought I’d never recover till
Your little brother smiled at me
Pointing at your photo frame
Then I realised that you’d never leave
The home you grew up in,
The hands who fed you,
The roof that raised you,
That you’ll forever be here
In mummy’s heart, the heaven
Whose doors will always be open
To you my little angel gone too soon
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About the Book
Do they have telephones up in heaven ? is an anthology of poems penned during my first year in Paediatric residency to commemorate the many stories and lessons learnt from the children and families I was fortunate to work with through a myriad of rotations. There are special moments of joy, heartbreak, love, anger and lessons learnt captured in these pages. Children with life-threatening or life-limiting illnesses often lead a life filled with trials and tribulations but this collection proves that there is hope and happiness even in the darkest of times. Most importantly, these children have taught me that life is not in the medicine or in their treatments but rather life is in the humanity around them from the kindness, the care and the concern they receive from everyone around them from family to the medical team to allied health care staff. This anthology also serves as a memory to children we have lost this year. They will always be in our hearts. Life is short, let us live each day as it was our last. Peace and love always, Pravin xx.