Iron Harvest is Mick's first published poetry collection, published by Cyberwit.
It is being exclusively sold for £11.97 on Amazon and Waterstones via these links:
You can listen to Mick read some of the poems from this poetry collection here.
One Thing More
His fingers kept time on the hospital tray
whose frame cantilevered the width of the bed –
we knew that his breath was slipping away.
His free hand held mine and he asked me to stay;
it went without saying – we left it unsaid.
His fingers kept time on the hospital tray.
His skin somewhat colder, complexion more grey;
the calm in his eyes was tempering my dread –
we knew that his breath was slipping away.
I think of the things it’s my duty to say;
words won’t form sentences inside my head.
His fingers kept time on the hospital tray.
There is one thing more, his eyes seemed to say
then it’s time I faced up to what lies ahead.
We knew that his breath was slipping away.
He reached for the mask, pulled it sharply away:
I’m so proud of all you’ve achieved, he said.
His fingers kept time on the hospital tray –
we knew that his breath was slipping away.
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