In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “For Posterity.”
Remember me
With a smile on my face
For posterity
Feeling loved and happy
Love me
Through all my struggles and despair
Remember me
For my faith and hope and vulnerability
Forgive me
For when I disappoint
And I will remember you
I will forgive you too
And I will love you with all my heart
Street lamp and pole as
Industrial a structure
As the car’s rear lights
I confidently declared
To someone not very close to me
That I am a writer
Without having written
Much of anything at all
But simply stating
With calm assurance
That I code because I write
Leaving me with no choice
But to lift my hands
And write
Which way I ponder?
There is only one way and
That is straight ahead
When darkness overwhelms
And self doubt grabs a hold
Write about it
Externalise it
When anger starts to rise
And blood begins to boil
Write about it
Externalise it
When sadness starts to grow
And mood begins to drop
Write about it
Externalise it
When no one else can offer help
And new resolve is needed soon
Meditate over it
Internalise it
There is always a
Reason to smile, even if
Only for a while
Blue butterfly etched
With veins of black running through –
White stars on its wings
Thanking Carol from Writers Dream for the collaboration of our Blue Butterfly
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Daring Do.”
I’m in the water
Watching my son as he would
Dive in, swim back and dive in again
When very gently my face is turned
To my little girl who is under
I see arms bands on the side
And a daughter far from me
Touched by an angel of love
By grace I could reach her in time
For my baby girl to breathe again
I wait for you to call
But the phone never rings
I wait for you to text
But my mobile never beeps
I wait for you to email
But no email ever arrives
I wait for you to Skype
But Skype never sounds
I wait for any small sign
To show that you might think of me
Until I can finally deny no more
That your thoughts are not on me
And I realise with a pain so raw
That my waiting has been nothing more
Than wasting all my time
Shoes or Feet
Heels or Toes
Black or White
Dark or Light
Poems and Petals 