Meant to be stored
The thoughts
And memories
Kept rising to the surface
And I looked
And chose
Those
That were meant
To be kept

Helpless
I drift
In a fog
Of non-understanding
The world is in a mess
And I can’t
Make
Any sense
Of it

I am not the only one
Who has gone through
Extreme abuse
I write
For us all
So all who have lived this
Can know
That there is life
After
Death

I await my love’s desire
He comes to me in the night
Holding his hand out
To greet the new dawn
And I cuddle in
With anticipation
Of a new day

Life
A never ending stream
Of experiences
Which take me
On a roller-coaster
Of living
A cacophony
Of sights and sounds
Experiences
That take me
To my next destination
Always in movement
Stasis doesn’t exist
Chaos and order
And always
Love

These times are so dreadful
I want to cry
Men hurting one another
I say with a sigh

Why can’t we imagine
A world without fear
A place to grow up in
That becomes very dear

But instead we move forward
With daggers in hand
We close up our hearts
And take a firm stand

When instead we could think
Of ourselves as a flow
Of loving pure kindness
And wisdom in tow

Perhaps then we
As a world could evolve
And all of life’s problems
We then surely could solve

Sometimes we wonder why
Someone has come into our lives
And then we realize
That we have found
The other side
Of
Ourselves

Children are our future
They’re all we’re meant to be
We hold them and we teach them
And pass on the golden key
Our actions are important
‘cause they show them how to learn
If we live up to good morals
Then they know which way to turn
Our actions set their guide lines
Our actions should be truth
For it’s only truth that shows the way
To guide us in our youth
So parents listen carefully
Your work is never done
Nurture and then let go
And know we all have won

There is so much
Sadness in my heart
I don’t know
Where it comes from
And it feels
So real
Tears almost in my eyes
Dripping down my cheeks
Almost there
And the sadness stops
Creating dis ease
And I want to cry
And
I can’t

Sometimes we meet someone
And wonder
How to connect
And what to say
We want to please
And be thought of
As a good person
And yet
How does one get to know another
Until they have shared
What is important to them
How does one make friends
With someone new
For me
I just want
To be me
And for you
To
Just be
You

How is it
That I never knew
The love of a man
In this way
You, my dear
Have settled into my heart
And taken my breath away
Which I gave readily
A long life together
Is in the cards
With anticipation
I await your arrival

I want to say something
And words
Cannot express
What I am feeling
Now
I wish
I could understand
All that exists
Inside of me
And
I
Can’t

Poetry
A way to express
All our longings
And misunderstandings
All our fate
And all our lost opportunities
Poetry
The voice
For
All

All around me
Things are changing
And it feels
Like no matter what
I do
I
Can’t
Keep
Up

I think
Sometimes I really
Think
About life
And about
Sorrow
And happiness
And how to find
Both
In
The same
Life time

I wake up in the morning
With joy and need to strive
And all day long I think
How good to be alive
The wind over the water
And the sun upon my face
I know I’m going upward
At quite a dizzing pace
So children know
That Gd is nigh
And hold on really tight
Sweet children know
You’re not alone
Just knowing will keep things right
Children you have nothing to fear
Gd is in his place
He’s holding and he’s comforting
And showing all his Grace
When times are tough and scary
And you don’t know what to do
Just go inside and listen
And Gd will see you through

So many days in solitude
So many days alone
Can only talk on SKYPE and ZOOM
Can only speak on the phone

I miss my social time with others
As we shared our hopes and dreams
Thought things would always be the same
And now life has changed, so it seems

My thoughts are wobbly
Don’t know what’s in store
Things couldn’t go on
As they were before

So changes are made
From the way life has been
More sensitive to
What has been unseen

We need to take care of
The Earth on which we thrive
Begin to understand
That love is prescribed

Until we make changes
Things will stay as they are
Unhappy and joyless
Was the old life on par

But now after being
Kept inside for so long
Our thinking has changed
From what was so wrong

Living in harmony
Is the way to go
Love compassion acceptance
Is the only way to grow

Into a new society
Where we embrace
All that’s same all that’s different
With love and with grace

Today
Yes today
The day I live in
Forgetting about the past
Or the future
I want to
Live in the today
That I am
Creating

Who let the virus out
It’s so much easier
To believe
That it’s
An act of man
Than to believe that
It’s an act
Of
Nature

Alive
Living life
I wonder what it feels like
To be
Actually be
Alive
I try
Lord knows I try
And still
It’s a struggle
To be
Alive

My dog
Has a shaggy tail
And the ability
To make me love
All of life
In his innocence
He brings wisdom
To my mind
And
As he shakes his tail
I am reminded
That
Love
Is all
There is

Spring
Where are you
Why have you forsaken  me
Snow lies on the ground
And ice glints in the boughs
Of the heavily laden trees
The sun has hidden
For so many days
And darkness and gloom
Seem to rule our world
I long for the flowers
And the growing buds
On the trees
Now hidden
Under the
Blanket of snow
Rise up dear Spring
Show off your beautiful colours
And remind me
That love
And happiness and joy
Still exist
In this
Darkness

I awake in the morning
With a smile on my face
And I wonder and I hope
That this truth
Becomes a reality
I’m blown over
By the rapidity of feelings
And marvel at the beauty
Of it all

Can anyone tell me
What life is about
How we came to this world
Conscious beings on route
To a better time
And a better place
Flowing so strongly
With love and with grace
Tell me please if you can
What path I must take
To know who I am
Can’t make a mistake
Or I’ll have to come back
‘till I get it right
Over and over again
Until I gain insight
I want to know
Yes really to know
Why I came here this time
With lots of crap in tow
And how can I move
Beyond this old stuff
So want to be clear
And say it’s enough
So I think I will pray
In silence of self
Meditate for a while
Take myself off the shelf
And get to know
All of me and no more
Embrace and with love
A pure self at the core