Sahera Bhagoo

Bolton, UK

I was born on 10th December 1967 in Malawi, Central Africa. I came to England when I was six years old. I did all of my primary and secondary education and went to secretarial college. I worked for Littlewoods as a clerical examiner. In July 1990, I married Aiyub Bhagoo and went to live in Zambia for two years. I came home to England to give birth. I was nine months pregnant when Aiyub was diagnosed as having Non Hodgkin's Lymphoma. Our daughter was born in December 1992 she gave him the will to live. In May 1995 he lost his fight for life. I am a member of The International Society of Poets and enjoy gardening. I find sanctuary in my poems.

The Future

I've been told my
poems are full of sorrow.
I can't help the way
I may feel tomorrow.
Long gone are those happy
days and care free ways.
When my heart would leap
and dance with joy.
It all died with my other half.
The term is a true fact.
I see my beautiful daughter Nadia.
A wonderful gift he left behind.
All his qualities she beholds.
Deep down I know he's not
really gone.
He will go on living in her
and it's just the dawn.

Nadia

My daughter I love you so,
Just like your father
did once before,
Your fathers gone
it hurts us so,
The pain he suffered
we will never know,
The loss we feel
hurts us more,
We will be together
once ashore.

Pangs

A father of one
He was my husband
It feels like today
it was way back
In May.
A simple Biopsy
Became a catastrophe
Took him away
From his family.
Each second
Each minute
Each hour a day
I feel you with me
The pain I cannot bare.
You're in a dimension
Far far away.