Life - A Journey

You can say at the end 

that life is your friend

and pretend to yourself that it's true

But life never chooses, 

there's no winners or losers

- we do what life wants us to do

Be we early or late, 

sometimes life makes us wait

for the message it finally sends

Through its ebbs and its flows ;

my friends, only life knows;

what awaits when our life’s journey ends

Winter Is A Wanker

The Winter I find, has just one thing in mind 

To keep all my body parts shivering 

And try as I might to put up a fight 

I can’t stop the punch it’s delivering 

I turn up the heat, put warm socks on my feet 

To stop all the quivering and quaking 

Though I’m turning quite blue, it skates right on through 

Ignoring my shuddering and shaking 

I dance on the spot till my temper gets hot 

But that heat doesn’t help me one bit 

I’ll not give in though, let it rain, let it snow 

I’ll not be the first one to quit 

I’m feeling quite ill with my huge power bill 

It’s my heat pump, it’s on every day 

But my friends it’s no joke, I’d much rather be broke 

Than let Winter have its wicked way. 

I can’t wait for Summer, Winter is a bummer 

Or maybe I’m just getting old 

No, that isn’t true, even though I’ve turned blue 

I’m just really pissed off by the cold.

REMEMBERING

(For My Dad 1918 - 1993)

Over the years my Dad spoke of his life

Things that he did before he took a wife 

The one thing I'll always remember him say

Don't wait for tomorrow, be happy today

His stories were mainly of his growing years

The struggles, the hardship, the laughter, the tears

The one thing I always remember him say

There’s never tomorrow, there’s only today

He went overseas and he fought in a war

He never spoke much on the things that he saw

But one thing I'll always remember him say

There was no tomorrow, there was just today

I asked "in the war were you ever afraid?"

I knew that for many a high price was paid

He'd think for a moment then quietly say

We had no tomorrow, we just had today

I guess from his wisdom I’ve learned a few things

To live for each day and accept what it brings

So if someone asks for my guidance I’ll say

Just forget tomorrow, and live for today.

Aurora Australis

I saw the Southern Lights once

as I was travelling to the Bluff

I wasn’t driving so I had time

to feed my eyes.

Far across the Canterbury Plains

on its western horizon -

pulsating, constantly moving

ever changing glowing fantastic

light show mesmerised and hypnotised

and I thought, people should see

this phenomena for themselves

not on the documentary channel;

not on the internet, or in

National Geographic

but for real – with their own eyes

at least once….changes perception.

Really does.

Soulmates

One thought in mind for you to find

One promise made, one sigh delayed

One wish to make, one vow to take

a dream descending…

One heart, one soul in your control

One thought in prayer to keep you here

One life to live, one love to give

a dream ascending…

A search complete, two hearts, one beat

A journey done, two souls now one

A dream unending…

This Is About Me

I have this creative desire

To write a poem flaming with fire

I want it to be - a reflection of me

That on reading will truly inspire

The theme is important I know

But if nothing else, has to show

It is absolutely – a reflection of me

In each line of its poetic flow

I want all the words to reveal

The side I try hard to conceal

So it's easy to see – that reflection of me

Is one that has world wide appeal

Now that I've planned what to write

that masterpiece filled with delight

that shows totally - that reflection of me

I think I might call it a night.

A Space In Mind

There’s another life we build

that’s exclusive to we

Helping us to build this life 

is Serendipity

Everything important to our heart 

is gathered there

Special thoughts and precious dreams, 

are put in place with care

No-one is allowed to come

inside unless we say

We and Serendipity 

both planned it out that way

It’s a place within a space 

was built for us alone

Lessons learned from past mistakes

have helped create this zone

We believe that everyone

is looking for a space

When the troubles of the world

become too hard to face

It's never very far away;

nor is it hard to find

this place that's owned by everyone

is the kingdom of the mind.

When I Rest At The Feet Of Poetry (A Villinelle)

When I rest at the feet of Poetry

Within that calm space I find peace

There’s no other place I want to be

She encourages my creativity

And gives my poetic side release

When I rest at the feet of Poetry

Sweet harmony surrounds me

Doubts and fears slowly cease

There’s no other place I want to be

I take each moment slowly

And drift into it with ease

When I rest at the feet of Poetry

No distractions come to me

I can write whatever I please

There’s no other place I want to be

Grateful I will always be

For those things this poet sees

When I rest at the feet of Poetry

There’s no other place I want to be

Times Are Changing

In living a life there are hard lessons learned

Our living existence is often hard earned

We all go through at sometime this school of hard knocks

Where each day brings lesson-filled stresses and shocks

Those lessons do change one’s perspective on life

What once was important is lessened through strife

I’ve learned recently the true value of time

How easy we waste it ignoring its rhyme

The things most important were already here

Given so freely clean planet, clean air

Unfortunately we ignored this clear fact

And now we are dealing with that fact impact

I doubt in my lifetime the tables will turn

And with all of life’s lessons - will we ever learn?

Autumn Haiku

 Autumn is coming

 

Lovely days but chilly nights

My favourite season

Red and golden leaves

Fall gracefully to the ground

Leaving trees naked

Days getting shorter

Soon be time to light our fires

And dream of summer