Photo by Italo Melo on Pexels.com She has a lifetime in her voice Although it is elderly and gravelly Her words are uncertain Their meaning unclear Desperately she tries again Anxious to be understood As she would once have been But all she sees is bewilderment She tries to read their souls Communicate heart toContinueContinue reading “A Lifetime in a Voice”
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Becoming a Friend
What makes a good neighbor? I’ve had many good neighbours in my life who have become friends, that make you feel safer when you’re alone indoors, secure in the knowledge that they will help if you’re in trouble. I try to be a good neighbour too. I love our current neighbours. I’ve also had disinterestedContinueContinue reading “Becoming a Friend”
In Your Footsteps
Photo by Brady Knoll on Pexels.com You think I don’t want to follow them everywhere they goTo be there when they laughSee them walking life’s highwaysHopeful – optimistic – youngYou think my heart beats to a different rhythmAnd my insides don’t crumble at the temporary lossAs they walk out the doorYou think I rest easilyWhileContinueContinue reading “In Your Footsteps”
The Empire of Certainty
Photo by Skitterphoto on Pexels.com The similarity between you and the Holy Roman Empire. That was the original title of a piece of my very old writing that I re-discovered at the weekend, by finally opening the huge box of notes I’d made, poems I’d forgotten, and things I must have known I would eventuallyContinueContinue reading “The Empire of Certainty”
Tightrope
Photo by Adam Khasbulatov on Pexels.com I’m walking a tightrope To one side is my future To the other my past This is my reality I teeter I thrust out my arms as straight as I can Don’t wobble Don’t lose balance I could fall back into my past Or forward into a future I’mContinueContinue reading “Tightrope”
The Millionaire
Photo by MEUM MARE on Pexels.com I may not be a millionaire I may be the poorest pauper But I have riches that you can share Though I’m not a rich man’s daughter God gave me gold in the autumn In the leaves that fall from the trees And He gave me gold in theContinueContinue reading “The Millionaire”
Time Without Answer
There is always timeAnd there is always an answerEven if that answer is‘I don’t know’(Yet)Because not knowingIs a valid state of beingAnd being includesSometimes not knowingAnd not being afraid of thatTrying to be all things to all peopleIs like taking a thread of hope Attaching it to a Centurion TankAnd sending it into a warContinueContinue reading “Time Without Answer”
The Good Ones
What principles define how you live? Kindness, inclusion, respect, consideration, thoughtfulness, gentleness, understanding, tolerance. Which is why I find this world so hard to tolerate From having to hit the car horn if someone dares to want to share a road with you, or refuse to move out of your way instantly in a trafficContinueContinue reading “The Good Ones”
Being me
What have you been putting off doing? Why? It’s been a year of change for a person who finds some changes more challenging than others. I’ve tackled three hard things this year. I find personal change to be a no brainer, as my husband would say. The only person reacting to my life is meContinueContinue reading “Being me”
Age Two Apparently
When was the first time you really felt like a grown up (if ever)? But certainly by 9! My mother said that I was born 40, and it was my perfect age when I got there, I loved it. I was never popular as a young person as adults made sense to me. I wasContinueContinue reading “Age Two Apparently”
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