The Carer

The Carer

We often go unnoticed yet we’re present every day,
we do it for our love ones without the need for pay.
We watch the many changes and endure the painful aches,
we never turn our backs though, but the cycle never breaks.

We cry for what’s now missing and for us, it’s quite a lot,
we crave those special moments, the memories that we’ve got.
We cherish any contact or a voice that calls our name,
we wouldn’t sit in judgement or try to issue blame.

We shield the vulnerability and stand for what is right,
we are on call all the hours whether daytime or the night.
We never ask for glory, or the grandeur of great fame,
we do it from compassion and it’s here we will remain.

We don’t want to be invisible with no voice to call our own
we are not just someone’s carer to be left to fend alone.
We need to know we’re valued by society once more,
we only seek acknowledgement and not to be ignored.

Teresa Harrison-Best

© 2020

About the author

Teresa H-B
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Happily married with three grown up children. Proud grandmother to six and enjoying every minute. I had my first book published several years ago called Catawall, fluent in feline. Recently I had a children's book published, Mackerel and the Jolly Daisy, scourge of the high seas, published by i2i Publishing, I am a prolific writer about many things and often post on both my own FB page and the FB page for Catawall. I am a great advocate for animals and anyone less fortunate than myself.

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