Come lay down beside me

He was born and then tossed aside by his motherwho left him to his father’s parents to raise,then promptly disappeared out of his life forever.My grandparents brought him uphoping his father would take care of himwhen he returned from the war.His father also my dad returned from the warmarried with another son and didn’t want…

They are very fragilewhen in the game of love they play.In a mistaken moment,a careless word and thoughtcan so easily injureand break a loving heart.Dreams of lingering happinesscan burst as easily as a balloonif aspirations are thrown at themin a moment of angerand things are said but never meant.Take refuge in the thoughtsthat what is…

I’d come down and see youas I think highly of you.Sadly, I went and caught a coldand afraid my fate is sold.I’ll not sign my name at the bottomin case of a gain ill gotten.With these flowers I send to youcomes my love and prayers too.Though these flowers are pretty,you could shame them with your…

keep reappearing dailyto give us a treat in our lives.Look along the shelvesin any book storeand you will almost certainly findwords of a passed on author left behind.It is not only books,but films from the pastthat have been restored to be seen againand give us a treat in our lives.Little treasures, little treasurethat when are…

left me stranded and aloneon the island of my dreams.I looked at the forlorn skythe question why in my mindwhile the answers disappearedinto tomorrows prevailing winds.21 November 2009

at a place she once called her homeas she waited at a bus stopto take her away anywhereand she remembered how it startedall those long years ago.How loved had captured her heartand would never let her go.She remembered with a tearhow he had got down on one kneeand proposed to her,and how she had acceptedso…