As I sit here,
I look at this blank page
And just start to write.
I wonder what it will be today?
Words of love maybe;
That love of my wife,
Of my family,
And my friends.
Maybe it will be of music
That always runs through my life.
May the glory of nature,
The enjoyment of my time
Walking beside My River,
Looking at Natures wondrous art
And hearing her accompanying symphonies.
Whatever I write
It will be of joy, happiness
And of course love,
So let me begin………
Another day on the field
Trying to knock a ball through a hoop,
But on this day it was not important,
Not important to me
As I was surrounded by beauty,
The beauty of Nature surrounded me.
The woodlands full of green
As they sloped up the hills,
The horizon going up and down,
Not a building in sight
As the forests soared around,
Their glory covering the land.
I would look up,
Look up to the bright blue sky,
So clear and alluring
With the occasional white cloud
Floating gently in the blue.
Best of all was she was there,
My lover was there
And between matches
We would sit close together
And share our love with the glory,
The glory of Nature.
So, there we were,
Me, Mary and Nature
Joining in the wonder,
The wonder of our life,
Our life together.
Alongside My River I walk,
Meandering slowly,
Looking around,
Listening to the sounds,
The sounds of nature.
The quacks of the ducks,
The absolute silence of the swans
Gliding passed on the clear green,
The clear green water.
The sound of woodpigeons
Squawking from the trees,
The occasional “teacher, teacher”
As the Great Tits call.
I look into My River
There I can see fish
Swimming gently,
Gently amongst the green leaves,
The green leaves of the plants.
The plants swaying gently,
Swaying gently in the water.
I walk with joy
Knowing that the wonder of Nature
Will always be there,
Be there to raise My Spirit
That is within me,
And will be for eternity.
In this broken world I am happy,
So many bad things are happening
But in my life all is so good.
It did break once,
Once when my wife,
My wife of many, many years
Was taken from me,
Taken from me by dementia.
The time came,
The time when my wife died,
It was a release,
Release for both of us.
Time moved on
And now all is well
As a new life was given to me,
Given to me by this lady,
This lady came into my life
And she fixed my broken heart.
The Golden Girl walks as though gliding on ice,
In a world of her own , where no others intrude
On the thoughts of her loves, that have long flown past.
She smiles serenely, at a moment remembered,
In a time, almost forgotten.
Others just watch the gentle sway of her hips
As she smoothly goes past them, ignoring their stares.
She’s deep in her thoughts, for those whom she cares,
Only seen by the light formed by her blue shining eyes,
Of a time, just recalled.
The swing of her long blonde hair moves in time
With the gentle glide of her steps, that transport her,
Away from your view, into her past, that only she
Can unlock, with a key to a box recently found,
To a time, thought lost.
We met for the last time,
The last time this term.
The choir gathered and celebrated,
Celebrated our success
Of the wonderful concert we had sung,
Sung a few days before.
We had sang our hearts out,
The audience enjoyed it so much
Everyone was smiling,
Smiling and so thankful,
Thankful for the music,
The music we had sung.
We sat around and talked,
Talked, ate and drunk
Discussing the choir,
The wonderful choir we had.
We went back home
Enthralled by our joy
And could not wait
Until we gathered again,
Gathered again and sang,
Sang our hearts out for the joy,
The joy of music.
We have many things in our life,
Some are good,
Some are not so good
But some are important.
Honesty must be there,
If we are not honest to others,
Or to yourself
Mistrust will be all around us.
The same is with truth,
If we tell the truth
We will not need to remember,
Remember the lies.
Respect must be there
Even if others disagree with us
Our respect for them must show
So that we can move on,
Move on in our life.
Finally the most important thing,
Love must come above all
As without love of our life
We will get nowhere
And sink into a lonely place
Where others ignore us.
I believe,
I believe in life.
Having been on this world
For so many years
I have learned,
And I believe
Life has two parts.
And the second part is better,
Better than the first half.
In that first half we learn,
We find out how life works,
It gives us experience,
Experience to create a good life.
The second half is our reward,
As that time is for us to enjoy,
To enjoy life,
And that is where I am.
I am in the enjoyment,
The enjoyment of life.
I believe and now know,
That life is wonderful.
In my life I am happy,
Happy to be me.
I am not perfect,
If I were perfect
I would have nowhere to go
And moving forward is important,
Important to me.
I am honest,
I try to do nothing wrong.
I love, love so many things,
Life, nature, music and my lover
Are always in my heart.
I am real,
I don’t try to be what I am not,
Impressing others is not me,
I’m just me,
And if you don’t like what you see
That is not my problem,
It is yours.
Every day is different!
People come into your life
And bring different things to you,
Some good and some not so good,
But if at the end of the day
You can lie down knowing,
Knowing in your heart
That you made somebodies day better,
Even just a little bit better,
You know that you have had a good day.
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