One Day At A Time Sonnet

One day at a time, the hours slow and steep,

Like quiet rivers drifting toward the sea.

Each dawn arrives, unclaimed, untouched by sleep,

A gift unwrapped, a page of mystery.

The past is sealed, no hand can shift its weight,

Its shadow fades as morning calls us near;

And future dreams, those seeds of distant fate,

Bloom not in worry, but in moments here.

So take today, as gentle as a breath,

And walk its winding path with tender care;

For in each step, we hold life’s birth and death,

In simple acts, a hope beyond compare.

Let’s keep our stride with humble hearts aligned,

One day at a time, in grace and peace combined.

Our Favourite Place Once More.

Well once more we are here,

Here in our favourite place,

And as I awoke this morning

The beauty was out there.

Looking out from the balcony

The sun poured its golden rays,

Poured them into my heart and mind.

The sea rolled towards me

Bringing joy and wonder from afar.

Best if all we were together,

My lover and I were here again.

Our love getting stronger each moment

As we share the glory of our lives,

Share them in our favourite place,

Share them in our favourite place once more.

Just Me.

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.

ONLY THREE HUNDRED YARDS.

Well the day came,

The first match of the season

For our new club,

Our first match ever.

We arrived at the croquet club,

We were warned about the car park being closed

And would need to park in a Garden Centre,

It was only three hundred yards away.

What we weren’t told

Was that their yards seemed to be in triplicate!

Across a busy road through the woods,

Along a very long path of wood chippings

Until at last we came to a locked gate.

The gate was opened for us

And we reached the Croquet Club

And were greeted with such joy.

We lay down in the hot sunshine

Until we had recovered from the trek,

And then we played the games.

We had a wonderful time playing them

And enjoyed their company all day.

We did not win the match

But only lost eleven to nine,

But a great day was had by all.

We then trekked back to our cars,

“Only three hundred yards!”

GUYS AND DOLLS.

The Guys came on the stage,

The Dolls were there,

They got to together,

The music started

And they danced,

Danced and sang the night away.

Love was in the air

That wandered up and down,

But all was well,

As their prayers were answered.

And Sky married Sarah,

And Nathan married Adelaide.

The ups and downs of romance

Shone from the stage,

And the singing, dancing and music

Took us to the wonder,

The wonder of this musical.

And we left with a smile,

A smile on our face,

And our love in our hearts.

That love for each other,

That was so strong within us.

MAGICAL LIFE.

We are born into this world

Our life sitting in front of us.

We grow in body and wisdom

Learning all the time,

Becoming different with our new life,

That new life we have every day.

The life we have is beautiful

And in the beautiful life

We will never reach an age,

An age where there is nothing left,

Nothing left to learn, to see or to be.

Life is so magical,

Enjoy every moment of your life.

CINEMA PARIDISO

Why do some films do this to me,

They fill me with emotion

And tears stream from my eyes.

Some I cannot watch again

As the tears flood from the start

As know what is coming.

But there are some I keep watching

As they seem so special,

And one in particular means so much.

I did not watch it at first,

It came out so long ago,

But it was only a few years ago

That I watched it

And was moved by its glory.

So now ‘Cinema Paradiso” is with me,

It has found a little corner in my heart

Where I plan to keep it forever.

FORM A CIRCLE

Why does it happen?

Why do people not see each other?

They just look away,

Look away from the light that is there.

They stand in a circle

Looking away from each other.

The light is in the middle,

The middle of the circle.

So as people have their backs to it

All they see are shadows,

Shadows that show darkened minds

Bring trouble and hate to all.

If only we would ALL turn round

The light would shine upon us,

And we will see each other as humans,

And maybe humanity will be cured,

And we will all talk to each other

And live in peace and love,

Peace and love for the whole world.

Those Thoughts.

I sit here with the page before me,

Thoughts race around my mind.

What shall I write today?

Shall it be of the love I have,

The love of my beautiful lady

Who is now in my life forever,

We are as one in life

And always will be.

Shall it be of music?

Music has been with me,

With me all my long life.

It brings all emotions to me

To become embedded in my mind.

But no I just cannot think,

Cannot think of what to write today,

So maybe tomorrow

The words I seek will be found,

And those thoughts get written,

Get written on this page.