Everyday is a ‘Groundhog Day’
We get up in the morning
And go for a walk
It’s just another day

We do the household chores
Just as the day before
We sit relax and have a cuppa tea
It’s just another day

Then shopping and cooking
Magazine and book looking
Sitting and snoozing
It’s just another day!

Theresa Hartley-Mace

Words can be powerful
And mean what they say
But words that are used
Can only be in great honesty

Thank you for the words
And what they’re bringing
Put the words together
And you’ll hear someone singing

But words from fiction
Can only just be
Not really meant
To you and to me

Thank you for the words
And what they’re bringing
Put the words together
And you’ll hear someone singing

White shiny teeth
Bright sparkly green eyes
Black velvet coat
Curled up claws
Pointy black ears
He has no fears

Sneaks out at night
Seeking his prey
Crosses the rooves
Both night and day
Hides around corners
Ready to pounce

His long white whiskers
Make him look a samurai
So we called him Sam
The cat on the cam!

There’s no need for fighting and killing
And all this blood spilling
With an advanced world
Of technical advances and natures
There’s compromise
There’s consideration
There’s respect
There’s love
There’s peace
Or the world will just decease!

I pray
That everyday
Will be a good one

I pray
That there is hope
For everyone

I pray
That love is there
For every soul

I pray
That everyone
Has a good day

Every day!

Power and passion
Peace and perfection is
Pleasure to me

Love and laughter
Daring and being dafter
Makes me happy

Fun and flirtation
Exquisitely with elation
Is just at my station!

That's me?

It started with an RD
Reveal device
Then it went to a P
Pacemaker
But it keeps you alive
My dear
To lose you
Is my only fear
I need you another year
More I do implore
So keep that heart beating
And stay with me for sure!

Down in the dumps
Going over the bumps
Makes me want to eat
Because I’m so beat
The bread sticks come out
No doubt
Greek Yoghurt and hot salsa
Delicious delightful and deliriously nice
I chomp and I chomp and I munch
A hand full, a bunch
Of lovely breadsticks
I crunch
Makes me feel so good !

It’s in my neck
Oh what the heck
It’s a pain
A lump grown bigger
Then go and figure
Can’t see it
Can’t free it
Covid puts a stop
To any kind of op!

I wrote his name up on a rock
and in came the sea and washed it away
I went right back, next day and then I took stock
I  wrote it again anyway, then came in the tide
So I had to run and hide,
Because the sea started chasing me for writing on a rock!

From a tiny seed
Came a plant indeed
An apple tree
maybe two
Each day they grew
It started with the pip
Popped up
And popped off
The stalks grew
The leaves popped out
The little plants
Began to sprout
Apple trees are on their way
To grow and mature every day
Until they’re mature
To produce their fruit
And give me more and more
My apple trees I do adore!

Some lives are lucky
Some lives are yucky

Some things are great
Some things we hate

Some times are good
Some times are mud

Some ways are easy
Some ways are measly

Some days are Happy
Some days are ******

Some positive
Some negative
Take the rough
With the smooth
There’s nothing to prove!

To Adrian
By Theresa Hartley-Mace

I Made a wish just for me
I can dream can’t I ?
I wished I could be what I want to be,
And not to be afraid to live my life you see,
I need to fulfil my fantasies
I have learnt of ways to help me,
You gave me confidence, you are my rock, my paradise, my love, you’re so nice,
you’re everything to me!
When I met you as I fell in through the door,
You took me under your wing.
And then I wanted more,
You are the Sunshine through my window, indeed you truly are,
For you I really care
You’re my shining star
You are always there
You Make me feel so good
You put me on top of the world
Helping me to grow
You inspired me to achieve and do what I believe
You are my magic, you are my life, and you take away all the strife!
I look at the world as an optimist
but as you are a pessimist and this works well together,
You keep me grounded,
So I’m not spinning in the air,
You make me appreciate everything I’ve done!
We'll always be as one!
You are my Sunshine
My super shining star
You keep me calm
You keep me real
You keep me going
No matter how I feel!
With you I'm on top of the world!
You give me hope
To help me cope
My love for you will always be
Until eternity!

Life's too short and precious,
Do we really try to enjoy
the beauty of life were given?
Like a walk outside when its cold as ice
the sun is shining its so very nice,
You feel so invigorated and so alive
it helps us to carry on and survive,
Like looking up at the stars
on a dark clear night and the beauty
and peacefulness is a sheer delight,
Like enjoying the silence
when all is still
its better than taking any pill,
Like appreciating the wonders of the world
giving us so much pleasure and peace,
Makes the love in our hearts simply just increase!

Be Happy

Happiness

Happiness is a state of mind
To yourself please be kind
Give yourself permission to be
Feeling good and being Happy !

Happiness is feeling good
It’s your right and so you should
Like seeing the sun shine
And Drinking a glass of wine!

Doing your favorite thing
Having a laugh and sing
Dancing to happy sounds
Playing with your favorite hounds!

Shadows on the wall
Orbs floating freely
Ghosts not ghouls
Touched me just nearly

Who are they?
What do they want?

Feeling their presence
I know that they’re there
If only I could help them
I do really care

Is it my family?
Is it a friend?

If only I could hear them
And they hear me
We could talk together
And help them be free!

An early morning walk with Moose
Its fresh,  its so nice
Calm and cool and quiet
An ultimate delight
Except for the birds in the trees
The butterflies and the bees
The birds tweeting excitedly
And then a gaggle of geese fly over me
What a joy to see
The pigeons are hooting
In the distance I hear pop shooting
Nobody about, not a living soul,
Just Moose and me
Its just sheer glee!

Your eyes
They’re beautiful
No lies
They are the windows of your soul
You’re wise
And with a beautiful heart
No denies
Your love is incredible
It fills the skies
But
Your eyes
They’re beautiful!

What’s going on?
You’re so sad
Like it’s the end of the world
But to you that’s not bad
You weep like the willow
And you say
you’re in the darkest place
Where there’s only night
There’s no day
No one knows what the other does think!
Unless they explain or put it in ink!
The sadness is overwhelming
Like a river of mud
And a dark grey sky
It’s not good, and I don’t know why
I’d help if I could
Just please let me try?

Satiation is an eloquent sufficiency amount of food!
So satiation must be good!
It’s good to be satisfied!

It’s the Excitement of nature
When a salmon jumps in the river
When a squirrel climbs a tree
When a gaggle of geese
Fly over me!

And when the stars at night twinkle and shine
As the bats fly by after nine
The night is dark but all is fine
Nature is just so divine!

To you
I say these words of beauty
Because it is my duty
To you the sun shines through
You make me feel I’m new
Your presence is endearing
You make me feel like cheering
You make me feel so good
You say i really should
You say it isn’t hard
Your love I do regard
I say these words of beauty
Because it is my duty
To you!

You are amazing
You make the sun shine
Warming my heart
You make me feel
So good, so real!

And when the stars are out at night
You make them twinkle shining bright

You are a breathe of fresh air
You have a good heart
And really care!
You are such a good soul
And you’re very loyal!

I feel that uneasiness
The plethora isn’t right
Like when something is going to happen
Sometime in the night

There are people close to me
Who are not very well
That feeling I have and I can see
Somethings a foot I can tell

There’s a deep dark sadness
Deep within my heart
Something not right I guess
Well I’ll play the part

I’ll wonder and wait
Then I’ll see my fait!

Good grief
The sky
Oh my oh my
Is so grey today
Looks like it’s going to burst
And shoot golf ball hail stones
at our bones
Or least of all sleet
Or snow …. More neat
But there’s a glimmer of hope
As it sails on by
And now the sky is blue
But the wind
Cuts like a knife
Freezing cold
Minus 3 I’m told!

The bamboo tree is waving at me
The wind is getting worse
It’s swinging side to side
As if it has a curse
And then it stops quite still
The rain comes down at will
And now he’s getting wet
The wind comes back with force
He swings around of course
His branches shudder and shake
I hope that wind will break

I arrived just in time
He was on his way
In his wife’s arms
I wrapped my arms around them both
She was in a panic not knowing
I told her he was going
and was on his way
He finally passed away
it was such a sad day
Happy I could be there
To give my love and care

Phenomenon

Phenomenon
No mystery
Phenomenon
History
Phenomenon
Existing
Phenomenon
The answer
It’s a phenomenon!

I am a morning person
But there’s a morning person and a morning person
I’m the one who comes later
Five o’clock in the morning is a bit stiff!
Do you get my jiff?
Well I am at that time
Stiff as a board
It takes an hour to loosen up
With a strong hot coffee cup
And a cake,
A cake will help me wake,
A muffin to you
But that will do!
So once I have woken
Raring to go
Take the dog out for her walk
She loves it you know!
And when We get back
My whip I do crack!
Not really!
Dog now asleep!
The little creep!
I clean the kitchen
Do the bins
Put the washing in
For all my sins
Clean the floor
Wash the door
Fill up the dish washer,
And what’s more?
Oh what would I do without you!!!!!
Well that’s my morning !
As I said I’m a morning person
So now I’m back to bed!!!!!!
The rest of the day
Has gone astray!

From pink to purple to blue
To green to red
The little lights are a delight
Flashing on and off
Just those little lights
Brighten up our dark dark nights!

The past may be gone
But it’s still here
In our memories
Memories so dear
They are good
They are fun
They make us laugh
They make us cheer
And everything we’ve been through
Especially good
The memories are here
As we shed a tear
Of laughter
We had fun
In the sun
And when the day was done
We had more fun
It’s not the past
It’s the memories that last!

You try your best to explain
How you feel within
I feel your pain
I understand how you’ve been
But I can’t imagine yet again
What you mean
By living in the past reliving the pain
I wish you’d put it behind, left unseen
And going forward will reign
Like a queen
Before you go insane
It’s obscene
What you’re doing to your brain!

How lucky am I
As I looked to the sky
Twas five in the morning
Without any warning
I saw a meteorite shower
And again within the hour!

I thought at first
It was a shooting star
My excitement burst
When I realised what they really are

No matter what
What a beautiful sight
How lucky am I
It was a sheer delight!

Why do I get so tired?
It’s not that my brain isn’t wired !
It’s working well so I can tell!
It’s the body, it cant understand I’m not twenty one any more!
I always say at thirty you’re in your prime,
Enjoy your life and you’ll be fine!
Forty they say life begins, I remember for my sins, fast car, surfing the waves, having fun enjoying my days!
At Fifty the aches and pains set in, slowing down and enjoying a gin!
Now I’m in my sixties oh dear, my worst fear, now comes the ails and pales, aches and pains, breaks and bruises, blisters from my shoesies, stiffness and fatigue!
Looking forward to back to back cruises,
I’m not going in a care-home, oh no!
I don’t think I’ll make the eighties though!
Looking forward to retire, slowing down,
and doing just what I want to do or not do!

Powerful words
How powerful spoken words alone can be ?
Not to mention written words!
Given the intonation of the words that’s said!
And even How the words
Are phrased, portrayed and paraphrased!
And what their meaning is,
They can be immensely beautiful ,
But they can be very, very sad
And hurtful, even bad!

So think before you say something !
And try to say something nice
Each and every day!
To keep the woes at bay!
And make someone a happy day!!!!!

Powerful words
How powerful spoken words alone can be ?
Not to mention written words!
Given the intonation of the words that’s said!
And even How the words
Are phrased, portrayed and paraphrased!
And what their meaning is,
They can be immensely beautiful ,
But they can be very, very sad
And hurtful, even bad!

So think before you say something !
And try to say something nice
Each and every day!
To keep the woes at bay!
And make someone a happy day!!!!!

Listen to the birds
Tonight They’re exchanging lots of words,
With their beautiful bird song
As the sun slowly goes down and the night is not long
And as the air quickly cools
And the sky gently drools
After a lovely sunny day
And as the night comes near
The bats will appear
Flying tree to tree
Across and in front of me
Then the owl starts to hoot
And it’s baby owlet so cute
starts crying
It needs a feed before it leaves the nest and start flying
Hearing the birds
I have no other words
Other than how beautiful it sure is to listen and hear at this time of year.

aye yes me

Went for a walk with Moose in the rain
Anyone would think we’re going in sane
Now we’re home we can dry off
Doesn’t help with my cough
My back does ache
I need some cake
Back to bed warm and cosy
With a nice hot chocolate
Under the duvet all snug
as a bug
Yes I aye me
Done for the day
I’d say!!!!!!
It’s an horrible wet day!

Words can hurt!
Words are powerful things
They can cut you up
And chop you down
And stab you deep inside
And no matter what you do
You want to run and hide!

Tick Tock
Tick Tock
Time
Is ticking
away
each and every day!

How long have we got?
How long can we stay?
Will we have another day?
Will we live?
Will we die?

We are all dying everyday!
Make the most of life
I only pray!
Tomorrow will be
Another day!

Here today,
Gone tomorrow!

Tick Tock
Tick Tock
Time
Is ticking
Away
Each and every day!

The bees are buzzing
Honey have you heard
The grass is greener
On the other side

The birds visit
For their seed and fatfood
And there’s a squirrel
Who likes his coconut halves

The sky is red at night
This is shepherd’s delight
It’s peaceful and quiet
In the natural world!