Tom Parker’s widow Kelsey has shared a heartbreaking message a week after The Wanted star’s funeral.
The mum-of-two took to Instagram to share an emotional poem about grief as she struggles to come to terms with her loss.
Singer Tom was just 33 when he died in March after a long battle with terminal brain cancer.
Sharing the heartfelt poem on her Instagram stories, Kelsey said: “Grief may feel like the dying of the soul while the body still lives, but you are alive my friend.
“And they are not, nor do they want you to be with them just yet. They very much want you to live.”
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The poem continued: “Do not fear the grief you feel, it’s just love thrashing around, looking for somewhere to go. So give it somewhere to go.”
At the end of the post, it said the poem was called ‘I Wish I Knew’ by Donna Ashworth.
Kelsey shared the post seven days after attending her husband’s funeral on April 20.
The service was held at the St Francis of Assisi Church in Petts Wood, south east London.
Fans were invited to line the streets and welcomed outside the church as the service was played out on screens.
Tom’s The Wanted bandmates Max George, Siva Kaneswaran, Nathan Sykes and Jay McGuiness were the pallbearers.
His poignant funeral song was reportedly Live Forever by Oasis, which was said to be playing as he died surrounded by friends and family.
In a pre-recorded eulogy at the service which left the congregation in tears, Kelsey called Tom her “soulmate” and said he had “taught their children how to be brave”.
She added the boy band star would still be alive today “if love alone could have saved him”.
She said: "You’ve shown our children how to be brave, courageous and strong.
"Even in our darkest days, we tried to stay positive. Positive Parker’s forever.
"[The children] will always know how much you loved them. And let’s be honest, they now have the best guardian angel looking over them through life and so have I. We will carry on your legacy forever.
“I just want to thank Noreen and Nigel (Tom’s parents) for raising the man I fell in love with and bringing him into the world because he is my world.
‘Soulmates ... that is what we are. You were my best friend, but more.”
Kelsey continued: “You are the one person in the world who knows me best and who I know better than anyone.
"You are the one who accepted me and believed in me before anyone else did.
"And we truly lived a 1,000 years in 13 years.
"We have had a lifetime together and I will carry you, my soulmate, with me until we meet again.
"Our souls are endless. I can still feel you with me now," said the mum.
In her final parting, Kelsey told her husband: "Remember I love you one more than you can ever say. You will always be my angel Tommy boy in the sky. If love could have saved you, you would have lived forever. I love you, babe, from your babe."
After her eulogy Kelsey kissed her husband's coffin goodbye and laid a single white flower on top.
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