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Sheila Hackett Oct 2014
Casting the line over glass like waters,
Float coming to rest on the unseen bond of air.
The lure of the insect so irresistible,
we watch with a fisherman's stare.

Hour upon hour sitting and staring into space,
Umbrella positioned strategically over head.
The rain mercilessly poring onto the water,
Soaks the fisherman he wonders why he is not in bed.

The line moves; slowly jerking ,
Then more as the fish takes a bite.
The fisherman takes a strong hold,
He is ready for the fight.

The spool whizzes round and round,
Faster And faster as it spins and takes it's toll .
The fisherman holds; and pulls in the line,
As the fish really takes control.

At last the fisherman lands him,
A ten pound-er really, "for sure"
His buddies in the pub do believe him,
As his tiddler flounders on the shore.
Sheila Hackett Apr 2015
The glass lake’s surface is broken
All reflection is splintered by waves
Blackness and menace take over the sky
Bullying blue composure away

As clouds fight and argue for dominance
Thunderous exchanges are made
And stabs of white spear lightning
Attack the silent innocent trees

The force of nature ever more intense
Begins to pummel the surface
Of the once glass like lake
Forcing the trees to bend under it's will

Glass lake of tranquility unmoving
Now peppered with dark charcoal dust
The eagles though cautious return to their game
Cloudless sky, clear of nightmare once again

Sheila
Sheila Hackett Oct 2014
With his head held high, and his torso bare,
A single feather in his long black hair.
The Indian Brave sits astride his horse,
A mighty power, a gentle force.

He rides his horse at amazing speed,
The stallion of the herd, the fasted steed.
He rides him ******* across the plains,
Ignoring the sting of the driving rain.

He stops to drink to quench his thirst,
But allows his mount, to drink some first.
With hair and main flowing in the breeze,
He gallops, full stretch, with simple ease.

The mountain lion is his guide,
And tells him when to run and hide.
He sees all nature as a whole,
For mother earth is in his soul.

And with his women, there is a bond,
That is as tender, as is strong.
His head, held high, for all to see,
He is proud to be - just wild and free...
Sheila Hackett Oct 2014
They sit around the tall fire
their only source of light
beating on their tribal drums
foretelling of their life.

The old ones tell of bravery
of legends far and wide
of the battles they have witnessed
where they stood their ground with pride.

Each take a turn to tell their storeys
and to teach their sons to fight
but also to love each other
a staple part of life.

The cold winds blow across the plains
time for winter camp among the trees
They move around from place to place
so their families do not freeze.

They sing about their ancestors
about there journeys to the spirit land
where they hope one day to join them
and walk hand in hand.

Sheila..
Sheila Hackett Nov 2014
Living in the confines of my head
There is one thing that invades my mind
That is; the thought of you
Is it so tragic that i still love you "but you no longer love me"
What went wrong?
Trying to work things out in my mind
Makes my head ache with the negative thoughts
Of what i have lost

I was stupid! for a short time
Didn't know what i had done
But! it has all flooded back to me
I was wrong to betray you
I couldn't think! so confused
But it's clear now in my mind
All the hurt and the pain
Clear now of the meds
That lingered in my brain

I will go now! my love
I will go and leave you in peace
So sorry; for the sad life i gave you
But now i am sorted and OK
So i will say goodbye my son
Don't cry when i am gone
Just read the note i have left you
And know my spirit lives on.
Sheila Hackett Nov 2014
The leaves of autumn pass away,
The fairest things below the sky.
The Summers brightest flowers decay,
Bloom awhile then fade and die.

All of nature in her beauty shines,
The gentle rain in a message speaks.
Beautiful world so grand sublime,
The richest treasures of all are mine.

As natures essence strong yet tender,
Robed in beauty it's golden fullness yield.
Beautiful world so rich, so free,
Moves the woodlands and the field.**

Sheila
17/11/2014
Sheila Hackett Nov 2014
Seven in the morning,
and I am walking down the same path
I have used for what seems like always.
Here I can lose myself in the power of nature,
and become all the ways, and all the days
that it has taken to grow this oasis of my mind.

The quiet and the bird song, filter the noise of suburbia,
And takes me to a place that society cannot reach.
here I can be me, can be who, and what ever,
I chose to be.

No stigmas, no front face to show,
just my own self being true to the world.

I can listen, without straining to hear,
I can smell, the fresh dew on the leaves.
I can close my eyes, and know I am safe,
I can join the many creatures in the wonder
of knowing I am free,

Free for my soul to escape into the dream,
of  knowing that when I am on this path
the world is mine and no one can ever take it away
Until I reach the gate at the end.

Sheila.
Sheila Hackett Nov 2014
Breath life into your dreams,
And store them in the tower of your fantasies
In the shadow of the moonlight
Let your light shine bright and steady
Spread your wings and dance your magic to light the way
To every fantasy that the mind can understand
And live in the moment,

In the night air, i hear your soft flowing wings
Beating against the cold damp dew of the coming morning
Your solemn beauty shines alone until you meet in the night
With others that shine so bright
And light the way to the magic of the tower,

In the tall shadowed abyss of the blackness
Is the night and the moonlight shimmers so
That your bodies reflects the mysteries
Of the light and
In this dark and lonely place the bright Firefly dances
And leads us all into our own fantasies of the night
And the moonlight tower.**

Sheila..
Sheila Hackett Oct 2014
In poet form we write our words,
As they dance around the page.
We marvel at the way they fit,
Stage.....By.....Stage.

A thought, a whisper,
A jog of memory understood.
We write of dreams and many things,
That our hearts think we should.

No one knows why we write,
Words for others to read.
A distant thought, of passion and desire,
Of someone Else's need.

The satisfaction; that we have,
Is knowing the joy of the words.
Will touch the harts of the reader,
And brighten up their world.
Sheila Hackett Nov 2014
He bravely went and asked her to dance,
A blush lightened up her face.
He held out his hand to lead her out,
His heart quickened in pace.

The music played a slow waltz,
He kept to the rhythm in time.
His thoughts ran away with him,
If only she was really mine.

As the music slowly halted,
He showed her back to her seat.
The thought swam around her head,
Oh my god! how sweet.

His pace quickened as he walked away,
His stature now elevated and tall.
Asking the teacher to dance with him,
Is no bother at all.

His mates all started cheering,
His triumph is now complete.
He is so darned relieved,
He didn't have two left feet.

Sheila
19/11/14
Sheila Hackett Nov 2014
She has beautiful flowing hair,
she picked buttercups
and held them under my chin
to see if I liked butter
and in my pocket!
the daisy chain I made for her hair
and a worn out lollipop wrapper
hair clips she refused to wear
and her favorite little kinder toy
It's wonderful being a Nana
I can relive the joys of her mum being young
and the times of my lost youth..

Sheila
12/11/2014
Sheila Hackett May 2015
I never understood why my mum was to tired,
I often wondered why she fell asleep in front of the fire.

I could never understand why she yelled all the time,
why I occupied the naughty step; I claimed it as mine.

She always seemed in deep disrepair,
and seemed only always when I was there.

But she looked after me, and fed me,
made sure I was fine.

And I only understood my mother,
in the fullness of time.

I am now a mother and always tired,
kids in bed, I fall asleep in front of the fire.

I have yelled and naughty stepped my kids for sure,
more times than I can remember and still they want more.

But I love them and care for them,
and make sure they are safe.

And when they have kids and they are just fine,
they will understand me in the fullness of time.

Sheila..
Sheila Hackett Dec 2014
A majestic fantasy of a writes dream,
White as snow and twice as pure.
Never touched by a human hand,
Only the mind and heart of the obscure.

None moves so gracefully as she,
Gliding with ease through the mind.
Her hair blowing in the warm breeze,
Like the edge of a sea front tide.

The creature that all dreams are made of,
The mythical imagination it freely gives.
If only such a creature existed,
The legend of all urban myths.

With the strength and gentleness of all love,
The most beautiful creature ever born.
We like to believe in the fantasy light,
That is the part of the mythical legend.
“The Unicorn”
Sheila Hackett Nov 2014
I have been a child and a teenager,
I have been a young desirable women.
**I have been married, and divorced,
I have had children! and I have lost children.
I have grandchildren, and more...
but now I am a grown up oldish women
and I still have no idea what life is all about.
Please help me to understand,
What dose life want?
Sheila.
08/11/2014.
Sheila Hackett Jan 2016
My eyes tear as i think of you,
If only i hadn't walked away.
Would it of been so different,
If i had begged you to stay.

I turned and quickly departed,
I hardly had time to catch my breath.
What if i had shouted to stop you,
Would you still be with me and not dead.

Why did you take that last pill?
The one that could of saved your life.
A split second decision,
Turned me into a widow not a wife.

I still wonder if i could of stopped you,
Maybe one day i will know the truth.
If i could of been the one to save you,
From death robbing you of your youth...

Sheila...
Sheila Hackett Oct 2014
Just get the hell away from me,
I never said you could stand so close.
If you think you can get around me,
Your very delusional at most.

Did you think i wouldn't notice?
Do you think of me as blind?
I never thought you would do that,
You are obviously out of your mind.

Go away you ****** idiot,
This is definitely the last sodding straw.
Don't try to fob me off you ***,
I know what i just saw

Don't you ever do that again,
Next time it will be to late.
Never again touch my treasured possession,
My delectable chocolate.

Sheila.
Sheila Hackett Oct 2014
I could hear my farther chanting,
As dusk starts to fall.
His haunting mellow prayer,
Asking the spirits, to forgive us all.

The light eyes with their thunder sticks,
The braves that killed their foe.
The land permanently scared;
Now many moons ago.

The rain starts to fall now,
As fathers chanting starts to fade.
The rain quenches the camp fire,
Wets the teepee's we have made.

Lying huddled in my bearskin,
Warm against the cold.
I look across at my mother,
Her beautiful face looking old.

Father gathers the rabbits,
Where once the buffalo roamed.
No one ever went hungry,
We all had homes of our own.

Spirit called back my sister,
Within her second year.
She had the breathing sickness,
We named her, "Sleeping Deer."

As the wind blows across the planes;
Chilling us to the bone.
We continue to Rome around the land,
No permanent place to call home.
Sheila Hackett Nov 2014
Who do I turn to? if I don't have a friend?
Who do I turn to? when my wits are at an end
When I need a shoulder to cry on, and no-one is there,
Who do I turn to? when no-one seems to care

When I'm too busy, and I haven't got the time,
Who'll be there with me? if there's no-one there to find
When I need to tell my story, who will lend an ear?
Who do I turn to? if nobody wants to hear

When I feel lonely, who will remind me of home?
And be the only one there; when I am all alone
When I see dark days coming, who will be my light?
The one I can turn to; when I've no strength left to fight

Sheila.
Sheila Hackett Nov 2014
Why is your face all wet mummy?
Why are your eye's all red?
I am here to comfort you mummy,
Put a smile on your face instead,

If i surround you in pure love,
As long as i am here,
Will you stop crying mummy?
Now there is nothing to fear

Although you can not see me,
I will hold you in my arms,
I will surround you with all of my love,
And keep you safe from harm,

See now mummy; I can run and play,
I can shout a million miles,
And i would walk to eternity and back,
To see one of your smiles.

Sheila
Sheila Hackett Oct 2014
Ignore those who would ignore you,
tell them you are to busy when they phone.
Be the user not the used,
the one they walk all over and abuse.

Be strong when they call you selfish,
don't give in when they ask you for your time.
Pretend you are out, when they call,
and remove your coat from the hall.

Your children take you for granted,
just expect you to be there for them.
steel your life back and take a bow,
just tell them! it's your time now..

Sheila
29/10/2014

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