You really should She may have wrinkles now – and stretch marks She may frown more than she laughs She may not see you as a gift from God No longer be moved by your youthful charms She may appear to be yesterday A mere trickle of the fountain of youth A faint memory ofContinueContinue reading “You Should Have Seen Her”
Category Archives: Poetry
Softly
Move softly through life Keep your mind in positive places Keep your thoughts as happy as possible Remember your humanity Understand that you don’t know why others are the way they are You won’t appreciate why others fall until you’re tested yourself If you think you have been and still don’t understand Then you haven’tContinueContinue reading “Softly”
Will We?
I will love youFor a million moonsA thousand sunsAnd until the stars in the heavens dim and fadeIfYou will love me in returnAnd demonstrate that loveThat commitmentThis is teamworkNot a one-way streetWe will needToLearn to forgive each otherAs much as we love each otherTo remain silent until we are calmTo carefully collect our thoughtsAnd deliverContinueContinue reading “Will We?”
Seasons and Reasons
Photo by Freddie Ramm on Pexels.com You remind me of a meadow filled with flowers A place in which I spent such happy hours A romance filled with Spring And a very precious thing You represent the love I know is ours You remind me of a bright new Summer’s day Of fields ablaze withContinueContinue reading “Seasons and Reasons”
Seeker?
Photo by cottonbro studio on Pexels.com Out of place Out of time Out of step Lost Lonely Afraid Seeking Searching Hoping Looking to others Looking to circumstances Looking to good fortune Forgetting As within So without What we do not have within We will not have without Turn inwards first Heal the self Find yourContinueContinue reading “Seeker?”
Before
I knew you from the Before-landWhere we made beautiful decisionsIn a state of blissWhere we planned a magnificent journeyOn a planet with so much to offerCertain that we would walk togetherIn a state of love and graceIn the Now-land I knew your faceI recognised your voiceI acknowledged your soulAnd made a clear connectionYet I doContinueContinue reading “Before”
Who Do I Want to Be…?
Island
Photo by Oliver Sju00f6stru00f6m on Pexels.com I’m a small space around which life takes place A hopeful person Always believing that fun and good times Kind and welcoming people Are out there somewhere But those lands are being eroded And the seas between them wider But I’m okay Because souls travel through air And althoughContinueContinue reading “Island”
Badly
How do you manage screen time for yourself? I may be a wrinkly but if it’s modern it fascinates me. As soon as mobile phones appeared my fingers started to itch. I needed to know what this was about. Plus I did live in the country having moved from London, where there was a telephoneContinueContinue reading “Badly”
You
Photo by freestocks.org on Pexels.com I hated myself When I should have hated you Not that I wanted to hate anyone It’s just the principle So why did I choose me? Because you taught me I wasn’t good enough Clever enough Pretty or nice enough For love You were wrong Anyone who tears down CriticisesContinueContinue reading “You”
Deb Hawken - Amorah 