Autumn Awakening

  As autumn whispers through the sky The trees with weeping leaves do cry Longing for that summer sun That brought a joy to everyone Now alas the year in haste Has no more time in which to waste For creatures now both large and small Will heed the song of natures...

Idle Thoughts 9

  Some people say live everyday as if it were your last. I say live everyday as if it were your first… Every time you blink the world around you will have changed And you will be seeing it as if for the very first time… Each person sees the world in bite size...

The Power of the Sea.

  The wind swept towards us As it coaxed against the tide The waves they seemed relentless With not an ebb in sight So we battened down are hatches And turned towards the shore Carried by a current That showed its power once more Our bow it lifted gently As it...

So Called Progress

You’d never give them credit For the bloody mess they’ve made Ripping out the trees For the tarmac they have laid The green that was the bushes Is ploughed beneath the grime And all the pretty driveways To service roads resigned They wrapped it up as progress But that...

Return to the Present

The spring in all her glory Just brought me to today As the fading of the flowers Leaves my heart in such dismay The mist that hugs my vista Is part of natures plan But the sadness that I feel Remembers who I am Let me start at my beginning For this feels like the end...

Garden Rebirth

  The last of the leaves have fallen So gently to the ground The music that was autumn Now does not make a sound The trees that once made patterns Against the evening sky Lie in all their stillness While the birds no longer cry Insects in their thousands Have...