Never Too Late

To be a writer

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Life

We do matter

To a few

But truly not many

When we slip away

Creating that vacuum in life

It is like we are lifted from sand

It quickly settles

Filling in the hole

The landscape changed forever

But not obvious to all

Both frightening and soothing

That life goes on

As colourful and busy as ever

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ROBBIE

For a moment the world should have stopped

The hands on the clocks cease their ticking

Silence and darkness should have descended

As the girl that we loved breathed her last

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But the world just kept right on spinning

The stars never stopped their twinkling

somewhere people were laughing and singing

It was only us that noticed she’d passed

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So let us have our time of mourning

We will stop here just for a moment

Don’t mind us if tears still slip out

If things aren’t quite in their place

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For soon we’ll adjust to the new shape of life

And remember with a smile and a laugh

The crazy quite unforgettable moments

For No other will ever fill her space.

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Nathan

Man of strength, while still,

 to me,  forever one of my  boys.

He will use his arms to do your chores

Or wrap them around you to give you comfort.

He has ears that are keen to listen and learn

And a heart as wide as the ocean.

He judges himself harshly at times

By scores and results and degrees

But he is a rock to depend upon

His wisdom is a quiet one

His words build up , not tear down

He is a man worthy of knowing.

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Decisions

Paddling, watching, waiting

Is this the one?

Do I commit to it?

Or is there a better one beyond?

Not so different

To life out of the waves

Where a step of faith is required

Sometimes we miss if we wait.

Or , we can be blinded

By the wave before our eyes

Forgetting that to pass it by

May reveal the wave of our dreams!

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Stop

Be still

Hold your breath

Let it out slow

The silence will grow

Hear the beat of your heart

Let noise slide past

God within

Be still

Live

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Under the Tuscan Sky

A vast panorama greets the eyes

Of browns and greens and other dyes

The sun sinks down bathing the land in gold

Gentle, beautiful, yet a palatte so bold

Some parts in patchwork, man has tamed

But still much forest and wild land remains

Our planet knows no borders, it has no lines

Regardless of how much man tries to define

For all the forts and castles and wars

Still it is nature that forever endures

The one who roams and seeks to explore

Will always find gods creations at their door.

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Redo

Do you lay in bed at night Looking back across your day Thinking how to make right The things you do and say Time travel could change things Step inside the blue box Or if you only had wings Time you could surely outfox Or do you plan for the future To ensure no mistakes For your kids are your treasure Errors you don't want to make But to go back and change The things that you've done Would just result in exchange New mistakes for old ones But if you look back with wisdom At the good and the bad It can give you the freedom To let go and be glad The stitches that were cast Create patterns of joy and some strife Bringing the threads of the past. Into a glorious design of your life

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The Dad Job

You came into the role rather quick Knew as soon as you saw me sick Out popped number one and two Finally to five our family grew. The world turns so incredibly fast Now so many memories in the past But as the years have really flown It's not just our babies that have grown. You have grown in love and wisdom and pride I'm privileged to parent by your side You're not always perfect, neither am I But what you do is always try Your job as dad will never end Even if now you're also a friend So don't stop listening and sharing life Thanks for making me a mum but firstly your wife. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

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Just Be

Be in the moment Be present Be open Be honest Be joyful Be gracious Be content Be you Not me Just Be

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Puppet Master

I am not a puppet master

I do not control the strings

I can’t make life go faster

I need to wait for what it brings.

All the others on my stage

Come each with their own lines

I can neither be their Mage

Nor change their life designs.

The more colourful the scenes

The less its in control

There are so many themes

Some fun some rather droll

So we can not blame a puppet master

Our choices are our own

Whether tears or healing laughter

It’s through these that we have grown

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Inside the Bad Boy

A bad listener at school the teachers all said

But all he does is listen as he lays in bed.

To the shouts and yells, at worst a bump

The smallest sound will make him jump

 On the outside he appears so tough

Mean and angry and kind of rough

But on the inside he feels so small

Most days he’d like to curl in a ball

 He lives in a world where he has no control

Where his future looks like a bleak black hole

 A different boy comes out at school

Its safe , he knows there are firm rules

So the lid comes springing off his feelings

No surprise it leaves teachers and students reeling

 For here he can be heard, here he has a voice

Best of all he can make some choice.

Its unlikely the choice will always be good

Really is it fair that  we think it would??

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What if

What if My purpose Some days Is simply To make Someone Smile

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Why is it??

It's red and spotty And quite pretty But why is it here?

Because it brings beauty And oohs of delight That’s why it is

It's easily broken So gentleness Is drawn out

It is enough No more needed Simply a ladybug 🐞

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No voice

I watch I hear I feel But I have no voice I jump I spin I laugh But I have no voice I see I hurt I cry But I have no voice Still I am me Locked inside I care and want But I have no voice Please see me The me inside As unique as you Just with no voice

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Hole in the heart

A deep hole lies within Bottomless I try to fill it But the filling quickly escapes Sometimes as a trickle Other times an avalanche

I am not enough Never enough It’s a full time task Although done with love Somehow it doesn’t close Never heals over

And if I forget And look to me instead Then the hole widens And sucks more into it Threatening to engulf To overpower and destroy

How does it feel To have such a hole Deep deep inside I imagine it must ache A hollow empty space Trying to own the heart

Is it fillable at all Or is it a forever hole Will there be a constant search But never finding The right shaped plug To allow the love to stay i

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Sweltering

Sweltering Cicada hot Horizon hazy Birds silent

Barely moving Follow the shade Only the lizards Bake in the sun

Dry lightning Crackly grass Sniff the air Relax No smoke

Sun sets slowly Collective sigh Cockatoos screeching Kookaburras laughing

The southerly hits Life wakes up Doors bang Barbies fire up

Rest and recharge Greedy for sleep Until again The sun rises

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I am not pretty

I am not pretty she said As she lay weakly in her bed My mother told me so And surely she would know

But I shake my head in disbelief Pained to see her grief In quiet words I state what’s true I see nothing but beauty when I see you

You are clothed in gentleness A gown of love and kindness A crown of peace and joy you wear A faith you never fail to share Eyes that glow with the kindest thought A beauty that can never be bought

And now even as you are stripped of dignity You are so much more than simply pretty You are mother wife and friend Beautiful to them beyond all measure To each of them indeed a treasure.