In Your FootstepsYou think I don’t want to follow themEverywhere they goTo be there when they laughSee them walking life’s highwaysHopeful – optimistic – youngYou think my heart beatsTo a different rhythmAnd my insides don’t crumbleAt the temporary lossAs they walk out the doorYou think I rest easilyWhile they feel their feet in lifeOr sitContinueContinue reading “In Your Footsteps”
Tag Archives: children
Heartbreak
The light never dims At the moment it feels like it though. This is a long read. For those outside the UK who may not know. We have had the most terrible tragedy. On Monday a beautiful group of little girls were having a fun day learning to dance to Taylor Swift music. A boy,ContinueContinue reading “Heartbreak”
D-Day 2024
Love and respect for all At a time when the world is watching to see what happens next. How does the current world situation make any sense? We have the lessons of history. There is a massive war. Someone wins. Twenty years later we’re all trading together again as if nothing happened. Why can’t weContinueContinue reading “D-Day 2024”
The Common Good
One race What is the common good?We are all uniqueDifferent backgroundsDifferent ideasDifferent worldsWe don’t speak the same languageWorship the same GodLive the same liveswith the same trappingsBelieve the same thingsOur homes are differentWe are nomads at home where we areLive ‘civilised’ livesIn crammed stacksMaybe in the skyWhere the building sways in the windWe live inContinueContinue reading “The Common Good”
You Are Me
I understand the innocence of childhood Because long ago I was you An innocent with my whole life in front of me Safe in my cocoon with my family Playing happily in streets Splashing in the rain Paddling in the sea And shrieking as the waves washed over me As you used to But youContinueContinue reading “You Are Me”
Eventide
When evening sweeps down from the skyAnd the world goes silentI can hear the souls of the children screamingBegging for a life of peaceAn end to warEnough food and waterTheir parents and siblings beside themIf we cannot hear the souls of the childrenWe cannot hear the voices of the innocentWe can shut our minds toContinueContinue reading “Eventide”
You Should Have Seen Her
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”
I’m Old?
I’m writing this down because I’m old I know the rules I mustn’t think that I could remember these words Because I’m past it Over the hill On the long slippery slope To happiness Finally You though I was going to say something else Admit to being a has-been Admit that the world has passedContinueContinue reading “I’m Old?”
Deb Hawken - Amorah 