Month: July 2016

Frailty

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IMG_1365I wish to compare you to a flower.  A beautiful, gentle creature radiating out into the world, with colours so deep, so pure, so animated it is impossible to pass you by.  Waves of silk like petals falling gently to the soft mossy ground around your feet.  Creatures setting to drink and bask in your glory, feeding from your love.

But I also see you are tired now, weary of the world and stooped and frail.  I can see your pain, your struggle to hold yourself above the rest, to hold your head up.  Your weighed down with life, your shrinking now, wilting into a gentle shadow of your previous glory.

Tired now of looking up at the sky, tired of standing tall, of depending on yourself.  You lean forwards, the weight of life weighing heavy and pulling you downwards.  I see  the scars from the burns of the suns rays, burnt and looking for coolness of the moon.

Taking nourishment is difficult for you now, maybe you believe you’ve had your fill, maybe the stiffness of your body, the roughness in your stem prevents you.   Just a sip my love, just wet your lips, one more try before you sleep.

 

Thief

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Unpredictable you, your after my lunch

I see that your nearing, I hear pebbles crunch

I know that your beak is as sharp as a claw

But if I give you a bit, I know you’ll want more 

There’s chips over there and fish in the sea

Children with ice creams, you can scoop can’t you see

The beach is so crowded, there’s plenty more food

Stop staring at mine, it’s unpleasantly rude

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Channel

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You are the inspiration that I channel as I write

 In between, when I’m asleep, you visit me at night

Can I convey with accuracy, interpreting as I do

I do my best to express, the messages from you

If only I had bigger words, to get across the point

It worries me a little bit, that I should disappoint

Am I unpredictable, I seem to come and go

But you return to me again, I think that you would know

Are you really truly there, I guess it could be me

A higher self, the one that knows, suppose I’ll wait and see

Touched by Spirit

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I know your right behind me, you’re only out of sight

I feel your presence often, it feels so very right

You walk across my forehead, gently touching me

I think a bug, then realise, it’s you I just can’t see

I asked you to come back to me, before you went away

It was my only option, because you had to go that day

So you visit me now quite often, your always very near

I hear you and I feel your love and hold that very dear

If only I could see you now, would that fulfil my dream

To touch you and to talk to you, that would be supreme

I’m happy that you come at all, it fills me up with joy

To know that you’re still by my side, my gentle little boy

 

Time

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It’s scaring me now, you’ve been gone so long,

time passing too quickly, it feels very wrong.

I need to wind back the clocks, to remember the days,

as incredibly clear before you went away.

I’m feeling so frightened, that you’ll leave my mind,

with your face disappearing, then you left behind.

I’m trying to hold on to our time here as clear,

the smells and the touch, I’m just needing you near.

I’m remembering now, love and laughter we shared,

please visit in dreams, I don’t want to feel scared.

Please do get in touch, let me know your still here,

then stop time from moving,  it’s nearly two years.

 

 

Dream of Death

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I dreamt you were dead, withered and dry

You left me alone without saying goodbye

Shrivelled and drooped you gave up on us

No longer proud, with strength I could trust

Your sweetness of smell, turned to a musk

Blood red of your colour, now memory just

My nightmare continues, it goes on and on

I can’t say goodbye, I’ve loved you so long

Tears they will fall, the memories may fade

But not for the moment, we still have today

Then on the compost, you’ll come back again

Feeding the good earth, how you’ll remain

But just for tonight, please stay here with me

My roses, my beauties, you showed love to me

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Tides of Change

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The tides are finally changing, the day is coming near

Time to put ourselves away, to hold our loved ones dear

The earth is being questioned now, can we get it right

Have we really played our parts or put it out of sight

The ozone is depleting and the rain forests so small

Time to make the changes, for the good of one and all

So shall we come together, for the good of all mankind

The creatures and wildlife we will also bare in mind

To recycle all our bits and bobs, put away our pride

It’s only us can do it now, we have to turn the tides

So every individual, can take this challenge on

We need to make the future sure and need to make it long 

 

Us

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I’m struggling to find the words today, I can’t really get them out.

I stare at you so vacantly, your wondering what it’s about.

I’m wishing to be unique today, to you, that’s me and not us.

I’m finding it so difficult, adapting me and adjusting to us.

 

Daily Prompt – Storm!

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A storm in my mind and wind through my soul

Gales blowing through, destroying what’s old

Washing the particles, that are no longer me.

An explosion of laughter, I love what I see.

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A tempestuous bang and an almighty crack

My surroundings light up, it’s not an attack

I clearly see now, through the eye of the storm

Those outdated attachments, I no longer adorn

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The currents are settling, the swell it subsides

The emotions I had, washed out with the tides

Turbulence vanished, a smooth ride in sight

It’s all now a memory, I move on with my life.