A New love comes knocking at your door
But the heart, you thought is under lock and key
The head however sometime ago escaped the drawer
but then do the heart and head always agree?

At this time when you have serious bridges to cross
boxes to tick and thing to dot, you come to disbelief
of what has happened, you are now mourning a loss
and all sorts of emotions have entangled with the grief.
You sit and watch the poppies being crushed to a pulp
because you feel angry; the rouge fades to grey
tears are trapped at the back of your throat and you gulp
you don't know what to think and you cannot say.
These thoughts drift in and out of your mind
disrupting  altering, dreams and now cause rage
we carry on, Lord knows how but we do you will find
that things will settle in your mind at a later stage.
Your friend is looking down as a butterfly now
she will always be by your side for a million years
she will drape her wing on your wing
she will iron troubles and get rid of the fears.
She will whisper sweet things to you Elaine
a friend is for life do not forget, this leads the way
but more important to you my friend she will
be walking down the aisle with you on your wedding day.

The aroma of fresh coffee brewing
the taste of rich chocolate on your tongue
freshly baked bread straight from the oven
newly picked rosemary to last all day long
talcum powder sprinkled on a beautiful baby
the splash of the sea on your skin
the salty smell of fresh fish at the market
tobacco ripe fetched from the tin.
rewards to keep, treasures to share
it is fascinating to breathe all these riches
and we thank goodness that we have them there.

There are some moments
that can stand the test of time
There are some days when
I wished the clock wouldn't chime
Moments like this can fall
into the empty hourglass
labelled just a a waste of time
The man in the repair shop
who has more faces than the townhall clock
pulling fast ones till it is time to drop
Putting in batteries with a grin
saying he has fixed the watch
with all the skill acquired over many years
replacing a battery is as cheap as chips
then his bill has you reduced to tears.
Moments, endless moments captured on film
replaying your youth gets the old brain moving
capturing time in a lens then freezing the frame
moments like this are worth every penny.

They were sipping lemonade
through a striped straw
A woman with a huge smile
was buffing the polished floor
There were a couple of guys
as we walked through yesterday
they noticed me in an instant
as I looked at their display.
They asked me if I was alright
They were extremely kind
They were also very polite
knowledgeable and refind.
The arcade was busy
together with the excitement it brings
I glanced at those men
and I noticed they had wings
They were angels
send by God for sure
They were helping those suffering
and  those that were poor.
They were definitely angels
angels that touched my soul.

Leaves that part company with bark fall
sweeping in a hypnotic motion to the ground
Magpies crazy as a box of green frogs call
their machine gun call barks a familiar sound
The rain drenches leaves that fell
falling to the ground not as a sprinkle
but falling like a burst open well
like tears from the eyes that twinkle.
Falling and falling, down they shoot
each and every atom that is designed to fall
from the leaf, to bark, to twig to root
as if nothing but falling matters at all.

Like the snow that falls gently silently
without warning it drifts.
Clouds like the snow waft here and there
drifting where no man could go.
waves as white as pure driven snow
crash to the shore, effortlessly, without care
breaking waves rushing madly not gently
not silently, not drifting but relentless
The sand sifts through the sieve of time
its hands pushing glass through moments
seconds mashing it to a find dust called sand
then it drifts, as time wanted it to, drifts.