A Letter to Classmates

Last Sunday my school classmate passed away suddenly. He was much loved and will be missed by all his classmates.

I wrote a poem for him and for my classmates who are shocked and saddened by his tragic death. Sharing here with all of you.

When the Great Spirit in the sky

Called me back to my heavenly home

I found my wings to soar and fly

And through the cosmos roam

The melody that enticed my soul

And coaxed me leave my wondrous Earth

Led me to Him and made me whole

And showed me all my worth

I journeyed through life upon the sea

I laughed and sang and danced

But know that now I'm home and free

Life was just a moment that I glanced

My friends and loves I left behind

Someday again we'll meet

For in that great heaven you will find

A classroom with our seats.

R.I.P dear friend xoxo

Linking to
Poetry Pantry #281


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Tranquility

For a few hushed moments. I sat in solitude

Watching majestic mountains, Giving gratitude

The silence so refreshing, Quietening the mind

My soul nourishing, Answers I could find

In meditative Zenning, Perhaps a connection I did make
A spark of self healing, In a Divinely loving state

I liked that quiet moment, When serenity prevailed
Tranquility so potent, Renewal it entailed

But did it really happen, Did I reach that heavenly state
Was it something I imagined, Regardless I celebrate

~x~

Written for:

Midweek Motif - Tranquility (poem to be limited to 3-17 lines in any form)

With Real Toads - Celebrate something that never happened. In my poem the "never happened" is more a question of did it really happen or did I imagine it. 

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If I Could Walk With Angels

Written for:
Animation with Midweek Motif
Artistic Impressions (photo prompt) with Real Toads

If I could walk with Angels

I wonder what I'd see

Dwellings made of fluffy clouds

Or shimmering cities in the sea

Perhaps flowers glowing in meadows

With prancing Unicorns

A crystal lake with rainbow lights

And golden baby fawns

If I could dance with Angels

We'd be flying in the skies

Through cities made of pretty gems

Through stars like twinkling eyes

We'd leave a trail of neon lights

And sparkling diamond bands

And swirls of jewelled moonbeams

Through mystical cosmic lands

Perhaps I walk with Angels

Each and every day

Perhaps they also dance with me

And speak and sing and play 

When life takes me through the woods

With falling leaves that startle

With Angel swish trees change to lollipops

And luck comes through a feng shui turtle

I wonder what they look like

Perhaps like you and me

Or the face I saw upon a board

Or like the sweet child running free

I know I walk with Angels

And dance and sing and play

And when I hear the swish of wings

I know they are here to stay.

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Fire up that passion

In the midst of all confusion

An answer suddenly appears

Destroying all illusion

Removing every fear

Perhaps it's not what you expected

Opposite to your thoughts

Something you rejected

Or secretly longed for

Embrace the presented moment

The event is meant to be

Perhaps time for some atonement

Or just to rest and see

Fire up the passion

For what you truly want to do

Take the time for self compassion

Make your wildest dreams come true

Poem inspired by recent events in my life.

September was an up and down month. I finished up at work 30 Sept as my contract came to an end. Initially I was on the lookout for a new contract and was getting anxious about not finding a job quickly until I got hit with the flu with a vengeance that completely drained me - no energy, no appetite, no strength.

And on the last day at work I just made a split second decision that I was going to take a few months off and simply enjoy life. It's been a hard year and I've done some long hours at work. Not complaining as I've enjoyed every moment of it. But I do need the rest and time for myself to do the things I want to do and to stop and smell the roses and to enjoy the camellias in my garden and to ignite that fire within me to write and rhyme and photograph and dream.

Linking to:
Poet's United Midweek Motif - Fire
The Tuesday Platform



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The Pursuit of Happiness

The pursuit of happiness is futile

For happiness lies within

To endeavour to find it is infantile

For it's not contained in a tin

Another cannot provide happiness

For it is a state of being

It is a choice to shed that sadness

By new perspective seeing 

To live in perpetual happiness

Seems an impossible thing

But to live in perpetual sadness

Makes life unnecessarily burdening

The pursuit of happiness is futile

For happiness lies within

And sadness follows you mile after mile

Until to happiness you give in.

~x~

Written for: Midweek Motif "Happiness" at Poet's United
Linking to:  Tuesday Garden at Imaginary Garden with Real Toads


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