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Oct 17 · 20
Father
Now that you have gone
I miss the hugs…
I never got
I love you’s
I never heard
So many things…
Left unsaid…
And yet I miss you…
Don’t know why ?
Apr 9 · 68
Good Morning !!
Sun shines thru the window pane..
I open the window…
Let the bird songs in …
Coffee bubbles in the coffee ***…
A whiff …
Oh a heavenly whiff…
Good Morning…
I am in love !!!
For all you coffee lovers 😊
Jan 25 · 66
Muted conversations
He talks…
I listen…
The conversations go well..
Only when I listen…
And he talks…
Jan 16 · 64
Bus Stop
Waiting for a bus…
In a snow storm…
Trying to keep warm…
Just me and my thoughts…
Warming me up…
Hot chocolate…
My baby’s sweet face..
Warm chicken soup…hmmm
My coat once brown…
Now totally white…
“A snowman”
No it’s me…
Still in Hawaii…
My feet nestled in soft sand..
I dream on…
Far away I see a flickering light…
Oh Yesss, I see “HEADLIGHTS!!”
Dec 2023 · 78
Snowed in
Trees shimmering in the night…
Covered with snow..
Darkness all around us…
Just the trees aglow…
Beauty …
when you least expect it..
Oct 2023 · 67
A Choice
Hate breeds hate …
Love breeds love…
What will you choose ?
Oct 2023 · 359
Peace on earth
Our world is falling…
Apart…
It is up to us
To put it back together
With…
Humanity …
Kindness …
And…
Love
Oct 2023 · 261
A Perfect night
The air is fresh..
Smells of pines…
The night is dark…
Just the stars above…
Sitting next to you…
Our arms barely touching…
We talk thru the night…
Waiting for dawn….
Aug 2023 · 71
Into you
Let me …
Melt in your arms..
Smother in your kisses ..
Drown in your eyes..
Fall for you…
Jun 2023 · 205
Stolen Skies
I look up at the grey skies..
Yellow, hazy, smoke filled..
It looks back at me..
Asks me..
If not now then when ?
Mother Earth is dying…
Are we going to save it..
Or die with it..
With our selfishness and disinterest…
It’s here
We can smell it in air..
Feel it in our lungs..
Wake up !!
What are we waiting for !!
Please pass the message around.
Do something!!
Jun 2023 · 99
Saviour
They save birds..
That fall from the sky…
Nobody notices…
The work they do..
But the birds…
That fly the sky…
For the people in the documentary- All that breathes.
May 2023 · 227
Free
He says ….
It’s not you it’s me..
Squeezing a crocodile tear..
From one eye..
And suddenly I see the light..
Feel so free..
I could fly….
Mar 2023 · 123
Untitled
Goodness is in all of us
We just need to feed it
To see it grow…
Mar 2023 · 103
Fading away
Slowly I fade away..
Slowly I fade away from her life…
Slowly I become this stranger..
Who visits her…
Sometimes…
Please support Alzheimer’s research
Feb 2023 · 125
Closure
Today for the 1st time
I remembered…
Who I was…
Before you…
Jan 2023 · 137
Do it right
Don’t be afraid…
To say something nice
Don’t be afraid…
To make it right
Don’t be afraid…
To say you’re sorry
Don’t be afraid…
To be brave…
To be helpful…
To be kind…
To do it right.
Dec 2022 · 192
Peace on earth
Snow falls softly…
On the hard frozen ground
So quiet, so peaceful, so calm outside..
A world so gentle…
So far apart
From the hate, unrest, war…
All man made…
Dec 2022 · 100
Numb
Is it ok
To feel nothing
When the world around me
Is falling apart…
Nov 2022 · 64
Yours
Your touch melts me..
into a defenceless puddle
I am not me anymore…
I am shamelessly yours….
Oct 2022 · 158
A Revolution
I look out of my window
On the tree outside
I see an orange leaf shining thru..
A sea of green..
The next day…
I see a few more peeping thru
Then yesterday
I saw the tree covered with
A million orange leaves !!
A revolution !!
Suddenly it’s here
A beautiful sight
Finally!!!
Sep 2022 · 113
Human nature
Why are we ?
So hasty to complain
Yet so slow to Praise…
Aug 2022 · 82
Stranger
For twenty years…
You laid beside me…
Lying with a straight face
Telling me things
You thought I wanted to hear
Pretending that you were mine
But why am I blaming you
I pretended too
Pretended to unsee what I saw
Living a lie
Too afraid to lose you
Too afraid to be alone
Afraid to see who you really are..
A stranger by my bedside…
Aug 2022 · 323
Woman
As a daughter …
As a wife….
As a mother…
You give yourself selflessly
To make sure everyone is ok…
To make sure everyone is seen…
But in all of this chaos
Who will make sure…
You are not lost…
That you are seen too…
Aug 2022 · 98
Sun rises
Flaming red skies…
Makes me melt…
Like butter on toasted rye…
Jul 2022 · 126
Window next door
A song wafts in…
from the window next door..
into mine…
In a language from a foreign land..
words I cannot understand..
Bringing tears to my eyes…
Touching me so…
Connecting me to my neighbour next door…
Who I don’t know…
Jun 2022 · 75
Freedom
My cell phone rings
Wakes me up
It’s my boss calling
I look up my Twitter
To check what others are saying
My ideologies own me
Stuck in my ways
Believing my side always
Has become a habit
I cannot quit
Am I truly free
Or do I shout out Freedom
Just to fit in
May 2022 · 143
Words
Sometimes you say too much
Sometimes you say too little
Sometimes you say nothing at all..
When it matters the most…
May 2022 · 93
Lost & Found
I spent days..
laying in bed
not able to get up
tears flowed endlessly..
my life felt in shambles
unliveable…lost….
days went by…
watching  myself disintegrate
Then one day…
I dragged myself out of bed
I took a warm shower
got dressed in my favourite dress
put on makeup
went for a walk in the Park
felt the warm sun on my back
sweet smell of lavender
in my nose
and somehow life seemed worth living again
slowly ….but surely….
I found myself again…
This a continuation of my poem " Falling apart " . It is the small steps that really matter.
Apr 2022 · 740
Falling apart
He says I don’t love you anymore
And suddenly….
I find myself …
Starring at shattered pieces of
What used to be us…
On the cold stone floor
A feeling of loss…
Engulfs me
Fears of loneliness…
drowns me
And I watch myself …
helplessly…
Fall apart
Apr 2022 · 100
The empty chair
The old man sits on his front porch
Beside the old empty chair
Newly vacant…
She occupied it for 60 years
Always beside him…
Thru thick and thin…
60 years of walking with her
60 years of holding her hands
60 years, three children
And now she’s gone…
He tries to drown the silence…
With the TV turned on loud
But the silence is deafening
The silence….
that only she knew how to fill
With her laughter and talk
Lost and empty…
Just like that empty old chair…
on their old front porch…
Apr 2022 · 103
Blue Skies
Blue skies spread endlessly
Sun shines thru white cotton clouds...
Rays of bliss adorns the roofs
Someone up there...
Telling us who's in charge...
Mar 2022 · 100
The homeless man
Snow falls upon a homeless man
Sitting in the street corner
His tattered old hat ..
once black now white
His calloused trembling hands
clings on to his coffee for warmth...
She walks past him
In her Burberry coat and Gucci shoes..
Too afraid to look at him
Too afraid of how he makes her feel...
So she chooses to look straight on...
Mar 2022 · 206
Quiet in the storm
Amidst so much chaos
Nature wraps me in her arms
Quietens me down
A little sparrow hops and sings me a song
A daisy emerges from the dirt filled ground
And life carries on......
Feb 2022 · 197
Honeymoon in Malaga
Shiny streets like paved gold
Spreads miles before us
Cloth clouds hang loose upon us
Sheltering us from the sun
A soft sweet breeze whispers by us
We hold hands...kiss...
A soft lingering kiss....
Feb 2022 · 107
Lines from mom
The lines around my eyes...
Are from the joy you give me every day of my life....
My frown lines are the times
I've worried about you...
The lines on my forehead...
Are the many times
You've surprised me
with your kind little gestures
Every line on my face ...
Tells a story...
Of caring, loving, laughing , crying, living....
A life I'm so proud of
A life with you my sweet child
A life so full because you are in it
Jan 2022 · 194
10 minutes
Lasted just 10 minutes
Your sweetness
My shyness
Your kindness
My generosity
Your love
My Joy.....
Jan 2022 · 440
Raindrops
Innocence of a child
Pure...untouched...free..
Like ****** raindrops
Falling from the sky...
Dec 2021 · 237
Christmas 2021
As we watch snowflakes fall softly outside...
It's suddenly all quiet...
The fire crackles...
Hugs us tight...
in warm embrace
A gentle snore joins the crackling fire
Making music strange and beautiful...
With bellies full with turkey and wine
A Christmas simply spent
With just a few near and dear
Christmas in 2021
Dec 2021 · 197
Blessed
Sun shines between the cracks
Of ominous grey clouds
Casting yellow rays of light
Upon the old grey house
Making it shine like gold!!
Dec 2021 · 109
Winter
Snow flakes soft, airy, gentle....
Falls upon a pine tree ...
hard, brittle, green ...
Clinging to its needles...
In deep embrace....
Like lovers...
Opposites attract...
Dec 2021 · 69
be Brave
I am a victim of my imagination
The ceiling light that hangs above me
Might drop upon my head
The kettle boiling on the stove top
Might start a house fire
My creaky old wood floor
Might cave in under my feet
Anxiousness creeps upon me stealthily like a thief
Robbing me off my sleep
Preying upon my thoughts
I go thru life
Walking on eggshells
On the outside I'm just like you
On the outside I just pretend to
"be Brave"
So many of us suffer from anxiety, it's invisible we don't wear it on us like a scar and yet it affects us all deeply inside.
Nov 2021 · 103
Soulmates 2
Sharing laughter and tears
Hopes and fears
Hours go by...unnoticed
Yet time stands still
For you and me
And our cold coffees...
Nov 2021 · 748
Soulmates
We sat there caressing our coffee cups
Looking into each other's souls
Forgetting everybody, everything, everyone...
Nov 2021 · 77
Stars
Stars are holes in the sky
That God uses
To watch over us ...
Oct 2021 · 342
Time stands still
Sunshines thru a canopy of maple leaves yellow, orange and red
Spreading a golden glow
Upon my bench underneath
I bathe in the glorious moment
I find myself in .....
Oct 2021 · 131
Secrets
I give you a glimpse of my soul
You give me a glimpse of yours
And suddenly we are connected
By an invisible thread of knowing and sharing..
Something beautiful..
That we share with nobody else...
Oct 2021 · 211
Autumn
Leaves red, orange, gold..
Adorn my street
A carpet heaven made
Oct 2021 · 163
Moments
Crisp morning air
Rustle of leaves
Moments pure..
Moments pristine..
Sep 2021 · 124
Crimson red!!
When we were young
Your handsome face
and dark hair...
Impressed me
Made me blush
Crimson red!!
Now we are older
Grey hair and wrinkles
A tad overweight
The love still remains
Your kindness and humor
Your big big heart
The person you are
Still impresses me
Still makes me blush
Crimson red inside!!
For Rob
Sep 2021 · 161
Bliss
As I step out of the gym into the fresh air
A whiff of cookies baking
strolls into my nose
I take a deep breath
Oh bliss, pure bliss...
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