By Dr Joseph Hawkins, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Clinical lead for End of Life Care, Ashford and St Peter’s NHS Foundation Trust. Twitter: @JoeHawk75825077

A smile shared with a stranger
A secret admiration
Quietly shared
Loneliness banished

Helliconian dreams
Remembered on waking
A problem solved
Without effort

Shared memories
Of travels
Where the destination
Didn’t matter

Innocence informing
New experiences
In darkened rooms
During the day

A cool breeze
After effort earned
On sun dappled skin
Fresh creation completed

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