Category: Making Sense of the Journey
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You are indelible- Years since we spoke; Yet I miss you so deeply. Bitterness dissipated; I would see you again. I can slip into yesterday Like an old school dress; Ill-fitting, faded- Yet comforting; Short reveries from An unrepeatable time. You decided not to grow old With your loyal chum; How you stabbed my heart,…
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Tonight I finally accepted that Victoria wasn’t going to go back to zero Covid cases in the foreseeable future. It was such a blow – we worked so hard for it in 2020 and the start of 2021. If not for those months of respite when we could almost return to life without worry of…
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I’ve come to the end of my strength;Will, nor circumstance enough-My best not amounting to anything much;I’m doing it really tough.I tell myself that, one day “this”Or one day, maybe, “that”;But I keep falling on the floorWhere once, I calmly sat.And he’s not here- he’s in pain- in there-The one who made me calm;Everything is…
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Have you ever received such painful news that you couldn’t think beyond that particular sentence? Where the world stood still and even a small child, so beautifully dressed as a princess, crawling into your lap to request a story, could hardly have removed you from your stupor? I sat in that grief late afternoon today,…
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I wept for you throughout the night – Your breath is here no more; The prime of your life, no prize for you – You longed for heaven’s door. No joy, it seemed, in simple things – Your hopes strewn all over the place Despondent, slipping – you tried to overcome… Now I’m haunted by…
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Today was one of those days which define a crossroad and lead into the next chapter. I began the day feeling nervous and nauseous, wondering about the outcome of a meeting. Right up until the last moment I wasn’t sure whether I would be able to come to agreement on the main points but in…
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Many seem to wonder As Christmas comes around once more, Why they have waited in anticipation; What they have waited for. Perhaps they thought it was Santa Or maybe presents under the tree – The buzzing excitement in the shopping malls The children, blithe and free! Maybe it was the carols – The chance to…
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Out of the darkness, Came a new sound; A pillar of strength, Where hope was found. First came a forth a glimmer, Then creative torrents flowed – A heart gaping open, As in tears, I sowed. More and more, This new song came; New melody, new chords A new found flame. It mattered not Whether…
She hath wings 