Slushing and sliding around

In the new fallen snow,

So white and crunchy and 

Cracks like crisps underfoot.

Absentmindedly,

The Girl with the Blue Eyes

Suddenly falls flat on her bum!

She's quickly brought back to reality....

Looks around furtively.....

Did anyone see ......

That undignified slip?

No......

Just ME!

I was playing around

Chasing snowflakes f...

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Young and busy

Children to look after and watch grow up. 

Thirty something, no age at all 

To journey on 

And leave us all. 

I know

You didn't want to go.

You loved life 

The joy and pleasure it brought.

Jake and Ben 

Not yet young men.

And Josh, just a baby 

Never learned to say Mam.

I know

You didn't want to go

I know,  I know, i know.

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​I have a little visitor 

An uninvited guest. 

He's clever and sly 

Hard to catch with my eye. 

He comes out in the dark 

A mere shadow, so quick! 

It's hard to tell 

What mission he's on

When he scuttles around, 

Silently but with purpose. 

In trying to find 

Where he's chosen to hide 

It's a challenge too far for me! 

I left him a note 

A notice to quit 

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Yesterday I met an elf

Sneaking around in my shed.

What's your name? 

I heard myself say 

Giorgio, but you can call me Fred. 

So what ya doing here 

On this cold and wintery day?

Am gathering silvery, glistening spider's webs 

For Fairy Titania's wedding dress 

Gladys, the wood nymph,

Is busy sewing them together

With fine, golden threads.

But just now she's...

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When I was young and active 

I thought I had lots of friends 

My days and nights were filled with fun 

With friends who shared that too. 

Dancing, swimming and cycling 

Were things I enjoyed so much 

I never thought I would see a day 

When that would no longer be true. 

Friends abounded everywhere 

All happy with my company 

But as time has gone on 

I seem to have ...

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In the beginning 

You gave perfect,  unconditional love 

As any mother does 

To her children. 

In nurture and nature 

You provided a beautiful home 

For them..... 

And their familes 

To grow in love and peace and harmony. 

As time has proved 

Your children have grown greedy

And have forgotten

How to take care of you.  

In the beginning 

They took only that...

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Wailing, gnashing of teeth 

Tears streaming down my miserable face. 

Think my sense of humour & flippancy 

Have gone on holiday for a week! 

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Soft murmurings 

Carried on the wings of a breeze, 

Lost in space 

Not knowing 

Why. 

Breeze turns to gale 

Murmurings become screams and 

Shouting 

Why? 

Only God knows! 

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Who is this sod called God? 

Sense of humour straight from hell! 

He laughs at us all 

Execersising our free will! 

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Life is.....

Like looking through glass 

In a bow window....... 

The view you have

Depends on where you're stood 

Looking in.... 

Can be very distorted

If seen through 

A bullseye glass.

We like to think we have a clear view 

Of all we see and do

Oh! How we delude ourselves....

Or is that just me?

Would be perfect if I could only stand 

Dead centre 

Thr...

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Oh my God!  There are fish in the fog! 

As I stood there staring into the mist 

There suddenly appeared small fish.

They danced and played and chased each other 

In and out of the old shipwreck 

That I could hardly see through the fog. 

They swam around the castle 

With its tall, dark turrets

And I spotted, momentarily, a small sign..  

Just visible were the words "No FI...

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And the clouds are not so grey 

It rained earlier but the ground is dry 

And the flowers raised their heads 

....they smiled and smiled and smiled. 

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I am am what I am 

But who am l? 

Body, mind and Spirit 

I am all of these. 

I am many things 

Different things 

To different people. 

I am kind and generous 

I am mean and selfish. 

I am a joy to know 

I am a cow! 

I am loved 

I am hated 

Sometimes I swing between the two! 

I have wisdom of mind 

But sometimes I am an idiot 

I am generously built

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The girl was happy to get attention  

Any attention 

Uncle Jim was kind to her 

He brought sweets and ribbons for her hair. 

She sat on his knee 

And felt safe and content. 

He liked her 

He bathed her 

Wrapped her up in a big warm towel. 

He stroked her gently 

Between her legs 

Under the towel.

She liked it 

It was a pleasant feeling 

She got from no one...

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​TIME  

Tick tock, tick tock   

Watch the fingers go round on the clock, 

Moving endlessly on, not caring. 

Time, we can 

Watch it, save it, 

Fill it, use it, 

Lose it, find it, 

Half it, double it, 

Give it, take it and even make it...... 

But time cheats us all in the end.... 

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