Leap Of Faith

Life is ever changing, always re arranging

And into its flow we all go…

We pause in our living of taking and giving

to balance the fast with the slow

Life unfolds its story, in all of its glory

It builds word by word, line by line

Each page, every chapter, each critical factor

Is always a personal design…

Like Genesis rising, it’s not so surprising

we all need a point to begin.

Our painful arrival, and length of survival

Is part of the mix we’re all in..

Life makes all the choices, it hears not our voices

Each book is a life that’s brand new

There’s tweaking and blending, right up to the ending, 

Life does all the editing too.

Each life that it’s giving, we’re meant to be living

So live it right down to your soul

Forget backward glances, there’s no second chances

There’s only one shot at the goal…

Wake Up Call

Dark thoughts enter uninvited, 

..yawning with disdain

Nonchalantly settle in 

to gate keep once again

Once again the challenge enters, 

like it did before..

Once again I’m unprepared 

for that knock on the door

Not much one can do about it 

but look on and sigh;

Hoping that a miracle 

may drop out of the sky

No-one’s bullet proof 

no matter what the expert says

Many of us know those bullets

come in many ways..

I like to get on with life 

- not worry what might be

There is always someone else

who’s much worse off than me

Faith keeps those who keep the faith 

be focused and you'll see

Friends will help to carry you 

through great adversity

Strategy I use when 

contemplating what to do..

Not the only one but it’s

the stronger one of two..

Open up my computer

let inspiration flow

Into my world of poetry

I confidently go..

Nothing is impossible

when I am in that zone

I can see forever 

with my friends or on my own

All I need is keep the faith

inside me every day.

Faith, my friends, my poetry

help take the dark away..

Ode To Aging

 

The process of aging can be traumatic

But then again for some not so dramatic

However there are things that come with the role

Impacting in some way on body and soul

We often forget what we no longer see

Memory seems shorter than it used to be

One time it was nouveau to memorise things

and take on forever what forever brings

Clear recollections of moments in spaces

Flowed with the pleasures of people and places

When quickness of sharp minds marked sweet days of youth

Shaping experiences from life’s constant truth

But aging like seasons within their own rhyme

Change slowly, inevitably over time

On our contributions we rise or we fall

And hope it’s the good stuff that gets the recall

When I reach that great state of maturity

Well - if it’s the will of the powers that be

I hope when I look back at all I have done

It will be enough to have life say “well done!”