However, most stand about two to three feet
above the floor with the mattress,
but what happens when you get one
that is lower than that?
Imagine one that stands
thirteen inches above the floor,
and if you are like me six foot three.
You sit on the edge and you think
you just sat in a hole
with you chin resting on your knees,
and if you roll over
you at least haven’t far to fall.
You might smile at that,
but while on holiday
that is just what happened to me.
ring through the centurieswith a wisdom we’ve forgotten.Maybe if we learn to listenwe can put our world right.They tell us not to takemore than we really neednot to destroy thingsbecause we do not understand them,feed the earth with our sweatand grow a new tomorrow.These words of wisdomare carried on the windand listening to these timeless…
snowflakes fluttered down from the skylike falling starson houses and garden walls.A young boy was dreamingof a wonderful Christmas day.He dreamed of thingsthat he would like to happen.The gifts around the Christmas tree.Gifts for his parents,his brother and his sisters.It was just a dream though,a dream on Christmas Eve.His family were poor,barely had enough moneyto…
the angel stood observingsilently waiting to help anyonewhose despair was tearingat their lonely soul.A guardian angelstanding in the shadows of the sun.14 June 2009Author’s Note:This poem was inspired by a painting by my very dear friend Melvina Germain.
each getting more than the last.A friend with a propositionan opportunity that might last.Along dark corridors to an almost empty rooma light for ambition awaiting there,a mere mortal with friendly words.The days seem shorter than beforethe frustration begins to decline.A thought rears from the subconsciousis spurred on to a climax.A year of tensionand seemingly impossible…
in the serine solitude of a Sunday.Fish rising to the surfaceas across the water dragonfly’s play,and pond skaters hop across the waterwhile duck swim merrily byand you sit there in quietwith your ever watchful eyes.Meanwhile thousands of miles awaymen are dying on battlefieldsand you are oblivious to thatas you sit and watch in solitudewhat nature…
when it comes to family.Our kids have problems or troublesand they become our priority.They are the next generationand we need to help them,so we put our lives on holduntil everything is resolved.11 October 2014
