ARE YOU OKAY?

Are you okay?
When you ask me,
Are you okay?
Is this a greeting to show me you care?
Or is it just words that are left meaningless?
Without knowing my reply,
What kind of response are you seeking from me,
When you are asking me?

Are you okay?
I open my heart and share with you how I’m really feeling,
In reply, you say, not much at all, or let's discuss this later,
I am taken aback…
To your thoughtless and unmeaningful gesture,
That originally initiated that you cared,
But in the end left me,
Feeling not okay.

Like your footsteps,
Treading over my heart,
As you dismissed my reply,
That I’m actually not okay,
And crying out for help.

Nobody likes to ask for help,
And therefore, many will,
Bite their tongue and,
Sit in silence,
When you ask that person,

-Are you okay?
© By HF - Whisper
8/9/2020 21:21PM

WINE

Will enjoy you, as you are, always there.
In the good times and bad, you create, many memories.
Not many people, can refuse you.
Each time we finish you,
                  we love or dislike you,
                                            but most often than
                                   not, we come back,
                        at some point,
         for more.

© By HF-Whisper
8/9/2021 21:10PM

LIFE IN A POET’S HEAD

When it comes it flows.
When it doesn’t it goes.

The words just happen over time,
And somehow form in rhyme.

No need to think too much about it all too long,
Sometimes, they almost want to form into a song.

Wondering what will come to me next,
This unique gift makes me feel at my very best.

To be able to express myself, in a way, that I can’t in any other style,
The words just flow naturally, some in short time or maybe in a while.

When the words arrive it all just makes sense,
No need to keep sitting on the fence.

To leave the reader a message/lesson or thought of hope,
To be able to help them throughout their journey and help find a way to continue to cope.

It’s the greatest feeling of achievement, and emotion, one would have accomplished from their words,
To have felt that their message had been translated correctly and heard.

Or for the reader to find their own translation,
From your words of creation.

‘Give a creative person a pen not a gun’,
‘and this weapon, will be more deadly than anyone.’

Words of wisdom, will always stay put in someone’s head,
Words can be used as kindness, or remain stinging from what was harmful, or rude, that once was said.

© By HF-Whisper
11/8/2020 21:42PM

PANDEMIC

Panic.
All around the world.
Nobody allowed to go out.
Danger of catching the virus.
Emergency front line services working overtime.
Must wear masks everywhere.
Internet and Technology,
                                  To many a savior.
                                  Lots of zoom calls to pass the time.
City of Melbourne in lockdown
                                  Practicing social distancing &
                                  sanitizing your hands.
                                 -2020 a year that will not be forgotten.

© By HF-Whisper
11/8/2020 13:57PM

HOW ARE YOU?

How are you?
You ask how I am?
I am left,
Standing there,
Confused.
When I say,
how I’m really feeling,
To you,
You stand there,
Listening,
Taking in,
Every word,
but,
then after,
You teach me a lesson.

How are you?
Is purely just a greeting,
A gesture,
as so to speak.
Not that you care,
or don’t care,
But that you don’t want,
All the minute details,
It is more a passing comment.
To start another conversation,
Or to greet you but not to go on.
Into your life’s story, or current situation.

So why do you ask? I say.
When you really,
Don’t want to know…
Just out of politeness,
As a token of mutual understanding,
That you are thought of,
At that moment,
In time,
but,
No further,
To go into a lengthy conversation.


So next time you ask,
How are you?
Do you really,
want to know,
The answer?
The short?
Or,
Long version?
Of my,
Current feelings,
As to me,
It is,
A question,
but,
From this lesson,
I have learnt,
To keep it short,
and ask,
Do you mean
How are you?
Or
How are you?
as in,
Are you okay?
and How are you?


So,
The next time,
You ask someone,
Those 3 little words,
Please understand,
Why they might,
Be kept short.

How are you?
What do these words mean to you?

For me,
How are you?
Is different,
Translation,
Then what,
How are you?
May be to yours.

-I hope to hear your truth,
When I ask,
You,
Next time,  
How are you?

© By HF-Whisper
11/8/2020 20:19PM

MISS YOU

I can't help it,
But I miss you,
Just the things,
We used to do,
The way it was,
Just us two.


I can't help it,
but,
I miss you,
but,
I will be
Sometimes...
Thinking of you,
I’m not sure why...
but,
I still,
Sometimes do,
Of those,
Special memories,
Of just us two.

I can t help it,
But, I miss you,
I want to really;
Stop;
Missing you,
Because; it hurts,
From; Thinking of
All the things,
We couldn’t do,
When it was,
Just us two.


I can't help it,
but,
I miss you,
Why is it so hard to,
Stop;
Missing you?
I know that,
This is,
What I need to do,
Just to be,
able to,
Move forward,
and,
Forget,
about,
Just us two.


I can't help it,
but,
I miss you,
but,
I wonder when,
I’ll just;
Stop.
Thinking of you,
and,
Stop;
The good memories,
Of what we,
Use to do,
From the moments,
that;
Have been treasured,
When it was,
Just us two.

I can’t help
Missing you,
I just do,
Just us two.

© By HF – Whisper
13/6-21:15PM-17/6/2020-16:16-17:38PM

A TEAR FOR YOU

A silent tear
Shredded
Thinking of You
A tear each time
Given to You
All those times
And from all those years
You stayed with us.
A tear for you
For the times we shared/had
Just us
And with us all
And for the gift of having you in our lives for such a long time.
A tear for you
For seeing your smile
Now no longer there with us
Now no longer here on this earth with us.
A tear for you
For all the times you were there for me
And all the times you were there for us.
A tear for you
Just for you
And only you.



V2:
A Tear for you
For the moments
That made great memories.
A tear for you
For that time, love and patience,
you gave to me and watched me grow to who I am today.
A tear for you
For the guidance and advice
That you gave me,
to help me grow into who I am today.
A tear for you
For the reassurance, support, encouragement,
That you gave, to me,
To grow into who I am today.
A tear for you
For the love, the continued love
and more love
When you didn’t expect it back
Each time you gave it to us all.
A tear for you
For the strength you showed us
How to be strong
And stronger in our own lives.
A tear for you
For the wisdom you shared
With us
To help us understand
Life in a better way
-‘To pay it/things forward.’
A tear for you
For all these acts of love
And of you
That will never be forgotten.

-A tear for you
And one always
For you
Pa.

© By HF-Whisper
3/6/2021