I never got to meet you
To show you how to be
I never got to look at you
To see how much was me
I never got to hold you
To plant the sweetest kiss
I never got to hear your cry
And rock you into bliss
I’ll never get to show you
How much I have to give
I’ll never get to show you
Where we were to live
I’ll never get to show you
How wonderful she is
The beauty of her angelic soul
Sparkling with fizz
I’ll never get to see you
Love her with your eyes
Or how she’d make you giggle
Chuckling to the skies
We’ll never get to teach you
Love and watch you grow
We’ll never get to hold your hands
Swing you to and fro
We’ll never get to watch you sleep
We’ll never get to hear a peep
We’ll never forget you weren’t to be
You were her
And
You were me
Ed from London
Since writing this poem Ed has produced a film called The Endo Me which features his poem Not To Be.
The Endo Me follows Emily, after she is diagnosed with Endometriosis. It looks at how the disease affects her life living with chronic pain, and what it does to her relationships.
The character is represented by professional actors and real life Endo sufferers (Endo Warriors), who have self recorded across the U.K., U.S.A, Italy, Barbados, Kenya and the Cayman Islands, during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
I am so grateful to each and every one of them.
For the latest info on Endometriosis, please visit Endometriosis UK