I left your letters in tatters,
but do not distress.
Your every word
burned my eyes,
like a bedroom wall
too close to candlelight.
They will survive,
a life living on
well after your demise.

-
by Aleksander Mielnikow | Alek the Poet

The Rain is falling and
    Calling
The Heart of Mine is Thine
  The Cuckoo calling
   The Rain is Falling
The Flowers playing Hide and seek
The parakeets dancing at Wastoorwan peak
My Heart meeting your Heart
The downpour crossing  the Heat
The nimbus is falling
And calling
Silence is the language of Love
And only good time is Now

I've never realised,
that I can laugh as hard
with my family,
just like I do with my friends.

In a chair he sits
with

sunlight on his
face

yet it's
still opaque

the twitch
of his eye

only
a MacGuffin

so don't expect
a revelation

because as someone
once

long ago said

what remains in the heart
must be obscure

Whit Howland © 2020

theres a place where animals play
in animal park they play all day
there are lots of animals there
lions and tigers and even a bear

theres giraffes and monkeys too
these are only just a few
there are swings and a slide
where the monkeys love to glide

roundabouts and a climbing frame
where everything is just a game
they just to love to play away
in animal park they play all day

ive been putting weight on its all around my belly
getting very big i can no longer see the tele.
i cant see my feet when there on the floor
i used to touch my  toes but cannot any more

when i take a bath my belly wont go in
like it did before when i was only thin
perhaps i should diet with everything fat free
then i could have my belly where it used to be

i saw a little mouse chewing on some cheese
then suddenly the mouse he began to sneeze
his eyes they were running and his nose was too
the poor little mouse he had caught the flu

i made a little bed and  i put him in
with lots and lots of straw in a biscuit tin
i kept him nice and warm as i stroked his head
gave him lots of food making sure that he was fed
two days they had past and now the mouse was well
just  so very tired so off to sleep he fell

Everyday
no matter what's going on,
Just find a little place in you
To stay warm &
Escape the darkness
That sometimes
Is this world.
Everyday
no matter what's going on,
Find a little place in you