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
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
I wish
When we make friends we could keep them forever
I wish
When feeling sad, it could be waved away like feathers
I wish
When nighttime arrives, my dream will be one to treasure
I wish
When my fingers start to burn, there will be verses to write
I wish
When I feel pain, there will be those who would take the time
I wish
When I have something to share, there will be those who care
I wish
When I kneel to pray, my prayers reach where they need to go
I pray
For happiness and love, and all things good
I wish
I am at peace with the world
I am at peace with me
I am at peace
Thank you for my beating heart
Thank you for my life
Thank you
If this my last night shall be
Let me live it
Joyfully
Spare one last night to breathe in
All the pure goodness
Surrounding me
I have lived, I have loved
I have fought
I am
Grant one last wish of mine I plead
That my written words should be
My testimony
And if I should not make it through the night
Know that I am at peace, I am at rest
There are no words left in me
Selah
Inspired by the music and lyrics of OAPlascencia – Thank You (For The Love)
Photography from the collection of Ali McGill Photography
I took a risk in creating a blog
Only ever having read a few cooking blogs before
Not knowing what I will do with a blog
But feeling that it was needing to be born
So I created a blog, and gave it a name
And published a few words to begin
Poor baby blog was then discarded at will
For a while, maybe nine months at that
But waited patiently for me to return
It took a short while, but I never forgot
About a blog waiting silently for new life,
I returned to breathe words once again
So here I am, and there is so much to learn
And every new day, I will now joyfully embrace –
Every new post, every new thought, every new word
That flows from my heart, that my blog can display!
Relax, my child
I know you are having breakdowns
Nerve issues, and anxiety too
But all will be well
Son and daughter will be blessed
Countries will be exchanged
Smart phones will be invented
You will find out soon
What they might be
You will learn to write
Practice some Pilates
Get that body into shape!
New friends will arrive
New people, new lives
New stories to be shared
There will be sad times
There will be happy times
There will be farewells
Sorrow and joy interweaving
Working together for good
Harmonising
You will never be without
Every day you are alive
There will be blessing surrounds
And to help you out
There will be coffee
And to spare
And at night, there will be tea
In mugs reminding you of home
Lovingly painted in Africa by hand
(Zimbabwe actually to be exact
Long story, don’t ask)
When all around is dark
And all you know is night
Feel the hope within
And move towards the light
Kind soul sang my words
Back to me
So I can know
My words will reach
Where they need to go
Poems and Petals 