scraping around the inside of your mind
-mistakes take on a life of their own

looming ever larger a storm brews
-brooding and writhing

put all your hope in God
-my friend

the world is watching
-your contribution to the whole

-messed up twisted contortioned
false narrative going the rounds.

ever deeper as each day
your bones and flesh again rise

into a new dawn
old as the Sun
-new as new born.

being found out
love ever searching

in the garden
voices

awakened nakedness
first disobedience

innocence robbed
by a tempting serpent

"BE DE HOKEY!"

uncle taps me
on the head
"How are you in there?"

the only one who
could walk into my mind
to see how I was

he'd take my grief
tear it into pieces
scatter it to the wind

then he'd take me
by my hand
"Let's see where the happiness is!"

and always he'd find
where the happiness
was hiding

whether it be
in a wildflower
or a nest of blue eggs

or how he
showed me how
to see the world in words

and wonder always
flew to him
perched upon his shoulder

and oh his lovely laughter
and his catch phrase
"Be the hokey!

*

This was the man who kept me alive when my sister died....he reached inside me and filled me with his wonder of words and his love of the world. Always the same old question: "How are you in there?"  He is the reason that I try to put the world in words. I owe him everything. And so it was wonderful to bring him and his words to the Shakespeare Institute in Stratford and say "See what ya made me?"

And of course he said as he always said or still says in my mind. . ."BE DE HOKEY!"

rage at those who make costly tongue twisted claims of influence
on a world stage where the actors 'of a feather flock together'
preening each others fragile ego's on the brink of popping at the slightest ***** or jest aimed at their 'out on show for all to see' dumb actors unemployable stupidity.

The sun may not rise,
The stars may forget to twinkle,
Tides may ebb,
But my love for you will never diminish,
Remain like the ocean depth.
Someday when the pages of my life end,
You will be the most beautiful and memorable chapters.
Never forget me,
Let me reside in the temple of your heart
For you are always in mine,
Seasons may change,
Days may change into nights,
But nothing or nobody will change my love for you.
27/9/2024