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Communication

I can send out my thoughts and touch a smile I can send out my heart and find emotion I can love over miles across continents I don’t need faces to recall or voices to remember I only need to know Where you are Who you are That you are Deb Hawken 20th Century

Simply Colour

I was talking about my work on social media this morning and mentioned how I had lost my enthusiasm for what I do, due to finding it very difficult to describe the way I work with people. As with all things, the moment you put a problem into words a solution jumps out and smacksContinue reading “Simply Colour”

My Saving Grace

Share a story about someone who had a positive impact on your life. If you’d told my grandmother that one day someone would write about her, she wouldn’t have believed you. If you’d told her that it would be on a phone with the power of a computer that she hasn’t even heard of, sheContinue reading “My Saving Grace”

All the Dreams We Cannot Have

You dreamed and you forgot Or someone told you You couldn’t have it So you didn’t You came to this world Innocent and full of hope Which you lost Because someone else Had already lost their hope People talk life down This and that and all the other can’t happen It’s not possible Only theContinue reading “All the Dreams We Cannot Have”

All the Love We Cannot Be

All the love I’ve ever had Has turned bad From the cradle until one single moment Until that moment Rather than a flame to attract I wasn’t even a spark of light Not even a candle extinguished by the wind Where was my right to love and be loved? I dreamed and I hoped IContinue reading “All the Love We Cannot Be”

All the Light We Cannot See

Some years ago I suddenly found myself penning a poem called ‘All the Stars We Cannot See’. My true writing is like this, it just appears in my mind and demands my attention until I sit down with a pen and translate that feeling onto paper. A lot of writers work in this way. ManyContinue reading “All the Light We Cannot See”

S*d’s Law!

This is a long-story-short/warning post. You know how you’re never going to get caught by scammers? Too wise for that, etc.? On Thursday of last week (early May 23) I did get caught in a perfect storm. A group of scammers have been targeting our area with calls saying they can reduce your mobile phoneContinue reading “S*d’s Law!”

In Sedona

In Sedona Where things are not as they have always been And your new start is fresh and clear Of everything that was Creating what will be from the unique The different The original This has been a pure time for you Linked to nothing and separate from everything You make your promise to yourContinue reading “In Sedona”

Duck and Run

Do you care for me? I mean me Not some figment of your mind A construction of your need Me As I am A human person With the right to be as human As everyone else With foibles And unwise wording And differing beliefs Am I okay as I am Or only when I’m agreeing?Continue reading “Duck and Run”

Be

Just be That’s all you need To be There is no other ingredient No other need There is nothing else I be I’ve often found it hard To be Because other people knew How to be me Better than me But When I learned that they Weren’t me Then I knew that I could FindContinue reading “Be”