Oak trees sway in breeze
Red dirt driveway curving dividing the two
Canola blankets fields in yellow

Unconditional love

Is love pure and true

Unconditional love

Is the love I have with you

Your whole heart giving

And received in return

To trust someone completely

a hard lesson learned

Not to worry about their past

Or have yours thrown in your face

To wipe the slate clean

Is the love that we all dream

To be so connected

almost reading

each others minds

Finishing each others sentences

is something we do all the time

To love someone completely

no matter how much they

change

Weight gain,gray hair, whatever

you love them just the same

People go their whole lives

trying to find unconditional love

You and I have been so lucky

and for that

I thank the heavens above

The song of a magpie
Brings special memories to me
Staying at Nana's house
The sound of the sea
My sister & I
our cousin Johnny
Playing chasey  
Hide and seek
The wind in our hair
There were gardens of roses
Pathways everywhere
Summers always mild
You could feel the ocean breeze
Wanting to play more
When Nana called us
in for tea
Hugs from Nana
As we were tucked in tight
Into our beds to sleep for the night
I love to hear the Magpies sing
And appreciate the beautiful memories they bring

First time I saw you
across the room
your face so handsome
it made my heart swoon
For 11yrs I admired you
from a far
Till one night while out
we meet at a bar
We talked and danced
til about 3
No one existed
it was just you and me
We moved in together
a house in the bush
it had an orchard a dam
you could even fish
Your 2 kids my 1
together makes 3
we had ourselves an instant family
Our kids rode bikes,camped
we had so much fun
Days during the summer
at the dam in the sun
It felt as if my life
had only just begun
And it all started
because you made my
heart swoon
When I saw that handsome face of yours across the room

What life once was
Is life no more
Sadness came calling at the door
A story told
A tragic tale  
One that leaves you fatigued and pale

Once a social butterfly
Wings now broken and torn
Torn pieces carried away on the wind
With every piece gone you mourn

At what cost
A true love lost
Leaves ones heart
shattered and bleeding
So many emotions
you can't control
has got your head reeling

Close your eyes
make a wish
  for this life to have a happy ending
But this one wish
will dissolve like mist
For the loss and grief are still pending

Swimming in an ocean
blue
Two lovers me and you

I have a friend
She is my Forever
A friend since childhood
She's like a precious treasure
Unfortunately she lives far away
But with video chat we can talk
face to face nearly every day

I have a friend
She is my Sun
So calm and gentle
She's full of fun
When I'm feeling bleak
My mood dark as night
She comes bringing her rays of sunshine
and surrounds me with her light

I have a friend
She is my Knight In Shining Armour
A friend who's talkative and vibrant
She's a real charmer
She always seems to know when I'm feeling sad and blue
She takes me away on what we call a pampering rescue

I have a friend
She is my smile
I've had this friend for quite a while
Time will pass maybe 6months or more
Next minute she'll be at my door
With a big smile and lots of charm
ready to greet me with open arms

I have a friend, My best friend
She is my sister
If she were to ever leave
I would truly miss her
She is so full of love, support and care
and no matter what she's always there
She helps me so
and life at times isn't much fun
And one day I hope to repay her for everything she has done

Lovers hand in hand
Leaving foot prints
In the sand

Lovers side by side
Watching the sunset
feeling the tide

You'd known each other a few years
With each other you were at ease
You decided you wanted more
Entering her world like a cool
summer breeze
Time spent together
was a soft glowing light
Sweet words whispered
walks hand in hand
long conversations into the night
You made her feel safe and secure
with your charisma and charm
Introducing her to your family
Walking in arm in arm
When asked to meet her family
it caused you stress and alarm
Insecurities got the better of you
You panicked about what to do
So any sort of relationship
was shut down, snuffed out
out of the blue
Life's far to short and this I know
Not to take the reins of life and give somthings ago
People who like you for who you are
do not come round to often
So the dislike and disapproval of yourself needs to somewhat soften  
You put her in a dismal place
 extinguishing that flame
You didn't call, didn't text
you did nothing
So she thought she was to blame
You should have thought long and hard before saying you'd give
things ago
Instead you came in
Made her heart flutter
Then left her feeling low

We lived in an old home
with a
big fire place
Perfect for our children
who could run and play
in its big open space
Their laughter wonderful
as they rode though the bush
They'd climbed tress
build cubbies
go camping
do whatever they wished
You could even drop a line
in the dam
and try to catch a fish
Bush out the back
Orchard out the front
The kids would canoe
Dive off the pontoon
Even go on a big frog hunt
Life in the hills was perfect
an awsome place
for our children to play
Days swimming
and snockling  
Wanting their friends
to come and stay
It's a place they hold dear
to their hearts
It was really sad to leave
and make a new start
But they have wonderful memories
of the old house in the bush
I'm so glad
our children grew up there
and could do
whatever they wished

I wish
I wish
upon a star
That I could gather you
in my arms
and take you far
Far far away
On a cloud made for two
A special cloud
for me
and for you
Away from these lands
filled with anguish and pain
To lands with no illness
where you'd have good health again
To lands where together
we'd grow
old
and grey
As husband and wife
forever we'd stay

For 15yrs we had a love
pure and true
Love so perfect
I feel bound to you
Like intertwining vines
of a wisteria
My heart shatters
a million times over
knowing you can never
be my forever

Soon the time will come
for you to leave this place
of chaos and confusion
Not knowing
what is real
or
what is delusion

We may meet again
In another time and place
Forever in my heart
You have a special space

With all that is happening
I'd  live this life
a thousand times
over
over
again

So I could have you once more
not only as my lover
but also as my friend

There's times
of extreme happiness
Lifes filled with
song
dance
and sound

There's times
of extreme anger
Please keep your eyes to the ground

There's times
his face            diStoRts
     with        
    HOSTILITY            
He's so filled with rage

His behavior he can not help
His behavior he can not gauge

There's times
of great confusion
About his life
he hasn't got a clue

There's times
of not remembering
The face of his best friend
and
his mother too

There's times
his body aches
from the constant walking
he must do

There's times
of great fatigue
from taking care of you

There's times
people tell me
I should put him in a home
But how do I do that and leave him there alone

Anyway

that's not going to happen

Cause he's  staying right here

With his wife
who loves him

and his
sister in law
who holds him dear

Samantha is our daughter
she has a growing puku
In 3months time
we'll be lucky enough to meet
our first little moko

You sit at our kitchen table
Guitar in your hand
Playing beautiful melodies of love
And tunes from far away lands
Then at night you play with a rock band Hells Bells is their name
Music blaring
Heads are thrashing
The whole room goes insane
At the end of the night you pack up your gear
Head on out the door
Home to your sweet darling
To play your beautiful melodies once more

Almost a year has past since you've been gone,
I always thought when growing up you and I would go on and on,
We'll out live our husbands that's what you'd always say,
It really broke my heart the day you past away,
We were going to grow old together get a house for just
us two,
One with a big varanda and an even bigger view,
Where we'd sit in our rocking chairs and let the old yarns fly,
About memories we cherished from years gone by,
But you left me and I miss you,
You were my sister you were my friend,
The one that I'd go to if I needed to mend,
I wish I could have one minute to tell you how I feel,
I'd have taken on your pain if it had helped you to heal,
So where ever your spirit may be my message to you
Sheree is
I love you and I miss you

Some days life overwhelms me
Some days I wish I could climb into a cloud and float away