Category Archives: Spiritual Work

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”

Me

Photo by Ketut Subiyanto on Pexels.com Do you want to know what I’m really like? Deep down below this life Beyond the education and the parenting The schooling and the working The loving and the crying I’m as free as the wind And as light as the air As happy as the sun And asContinueContinue reading “Me”

Just ‘Hangin’ Around

Gustav Klimt “The Kiss” – Belvedere Museum Vienna I don’t know when this slightly crazy departure from my normal poetry came to me, but it did. I found it the other day when I was finally keeping my promise to myself to get all my old writing, handwritten, word processed, typed, up onto a modernContinueContinue reading “Just ‘Hangin’ Around”

Glory?

Photo by David Bartus on Pexels.com This poem reflects the involvement and loss of all those who died as a result of war, from our troops, to medical staff, emergency responders, wireless operators and other covert personnel, including the Resistance and others like them.Anyone who was in a role that put their life on theContinueContinue reading “Glory?”

I Know

Photo by Andre Furtado on Pexels.com I know what it means To be injured without injuries To have everything and nothing To be well off but emotionally impoverished To have diamonds but no hugs I know how it feels To hear words without truth To be blamed for the cruelty of others First they makeContinueContinue reading “I Know”

Beautiful Dream

Photo by cottonbro studio on Pexels.com Living in a house together Several people all alone All related to each other But none to the others known Yes they recognise the features As they walk in through the door All the faces are familiar That and nothing more Yet how much like this our world isContinueContinue reading “Beautiful Dream”

You Were

Photo by Andrea Piacquadio on Pexels.com I was coming back to see you and we would speak of graceful things I would cry rivers and you would talk of angel wings I was coming back to talk to you of willow tears in waterfalls and you would smile and say to me “I’ve seen itContinueContinue reading “You Were”

Peace and Quiet

Do lazy days make you feel rested or unproductive? I need a lot of peace and quiet. As an empath I pick up on emotional energy, and even way before I knew that I was happiest upstairs on my own. Never had a problem with it. That’s our ultimate security blanket. I do love peopleContinueContinue reading “Peace and Quiet”