Blog Really? : June 2024

Sunday 30 June 2024

30/06/2024 - Stairway To Heaven

Sunday 30th June

I stand with my foot upon the stair

That appears to lead nowhere

I stop for a moment, up on my tiptoes

Suddenly heaven seems ever so close

I tentatively take another step

I remember how when you left, I wept

I look up above me with a heart full of hope

Suddenly it’s as if I’m balancing on a tightrope

Before me lies the vehicle of my dreams

A stairway to heaven - or so it seems

I close my eyes and feel you all around me

Transported up and now I’ve turned the key

And now in this moment it’s just you and me

I slip my hand in yours - yes it is just you and me

Monday 24 June 2024

24/06/2024 - Flying High

There you fly way up high

Dancing through the clouds and sky

It must be quiet up in that zone

Soaring around all alone

I sit and look as you swoop and sway

I wonder if I too could fly one day

Thursday 20 June 2024

20/06/2024 - Houdini at it again!

Thursday 20th June 2024

Gampi is home my grandson shouts

He runs to the gate but let’s Benji out

I have to give chase right away

Benji thinks - oh yes - let's play

He is gone like a rocket down the road

I’m getting on and I’ve definitely slowed

I can’t keep up so I can only yell

“Benji come back” - man this is hell

Then my saviour appears

A couple walking a dog are near

He grabs Houdini by his collar

Phew - thank you is all I can holler

Out of breath I grab my prize

Oh this dog - my patience he tries!

Tuesday 18 June 2024

18/06/2024 - Bouncy Benji

Tuesday 18th June

Get a dog they said - it will be fun

A cute little puppy, that’s how it begun

Now I’m forever saying “I’m so sorry!”

As we race by as fast as a Ferrari

My arms like spaghetti as I cling to his lead

Benji bouncing along and willing to be freed

He sees a squirrel and up he goes

Climbing that tree on his doggy tiptoes

He walks along singing his barky song

Nobody hangs around us for too long

So I must apologise for my Benji Boo

But if I didn’t have him - what would I do 😂

Sunday 16 June 2024

16/06/2024 - Election Fever

Sunday 16th June

I’ve got a terrible earache

It’s pecking in my head

It’s there from the morning

Til I go to bed

It’s got a special name

The doctor told me so

It’s called election fever

What a terrible blow

Apparently it lasts for weeks

And the air gets really hot

As all of the politicians

Wheel out their big shots

The window has been opened

Now truth can float away

Can we really

Believe a word they say 🤔

16/03/2024 - Pembrokeshire Poet Was Born

Sunday 16th June

I wish someone had said to me

When I was a little girl

You have a gift for writing

And poetry could be your pearl

I never really thought about

Putting pen to paper

I was too busy

Having a good caper

There was a teacher in my primary school

Mrs Davies and she was cool

I saw her when I was all grown up

And she said I was no fool

She told me how she’d loved my stories

How my imagination had run riot

I listened to her politely

But I still remained quite quiet

Then many, many years later

I penned a silly poem

It seemed that people liked it

So perhaps I’m not so dumb 😂

Thursday 13 June 2024

13/06/2024 - The Fragility Of Life ❤️

Thursday 13th June

Life is so fragile- like a fine bone china cup

One minute you are a young, like an excited pup

The years roll by and you’ve not a care in the world

Life wrapped up with so many memories they swirl

You wake each day and make plans for the future

Wishing and willing our retirement to come sooner

Sometimes life’s a battle of hard work and strife

We have a great faith that we will live a long life

But we will always have tomorrow to do the things we want

We almost become completely nonchalant

Then out of the blue your life’s turned upside down

Suddenly there is no way to turn it all around

As fragile as that cup that holds your daily tea

The future is never promised to you or to me

So never take for granted the day you have been gifted

Be thankful that you here and that you have existed

Wednesday 12 June 2024

Love sweet love

What the world needs now is love sweet love

If you can spread anything

Spread love

Spread joy

Spread kindness

Spread compassion

There’s too much hatred in the world. Life is too short for negative energies. Don’t like someone - be polite - move on, don’t hang on to past negative experiences - there’s only one place to look - forwards!

What that world needs now is love sweet love

12/06/2024 - Just Be You!

Wednesday 12th June 2024

Who decided double denim was a no no?

Who was it who said that is a no go?

What does it matter what I wear?

Why should anyone else care?

Why can’t we all just wear what we want

And go around oh so nonchalant

Why do we all feel the need to conform?

If we don’t follow the rules then we are not the norm!

I say do what you want and wear what you please

After all who appointed anyone to be fashion police!

Tuesday 11 June 2024

11/06/2024 - The gift of sight

Tuesday 11/06/2024

What a scary world it must be

To be blind - you cannot see

I can’t imagine what it’s like

To not have the gift of sight

To never see a bird

Take flight upon its wings

To only be able to hear

The song it beautifully sings

To never watch the waves

Crash upon the shore

Imaging the water washing

Over that golden, sandy floor

To never see the views

That rolls out over our lands

To watch tall, green trees swaying

On a landscape they command

So take a moment - stop and look

At what surrounds your current view

Perhaps you may appreciate

That view through eyes anew

Sunday 9 June 2024

Stay Here With Me

I wish I could take away your pain

I know that my prayers are in vain

I reach out and touch your hand

“Close your eyes” I gently whisper

Let me take you where things glitter

Let your mind drift across the universe

Forget about the illness you’ve been cursed

Let’s float amongst the moon and stars

In our imagination we can go far

Let our bodies just melt away

As if there is no night or day

Let wondrous things into your mind

Go to a place that makes you spellbound

I wish that you could stay here with me

And we could laugh in the wind, sun and sea

Wednesday 5 June 2024

05/06/2024 - Simply Grow!

Wednesday 5th June

Don’t ever deny who you are

Don’t ever set a really low bar

You can always achieve more than you know

Every day is a gift for you to simply grow!

Monday 3 June 2024

03/06/2024 - Rob Burrow

Wednesday 3 June 2024

You don’t have to live a long life

To live a good life

To live a life full of impact

To live a life that brings change

To live a life that inspires others

To live a full life

To live life with a smile on your face

Rest in peace Rob Burrow 26/09/1982 - 02/06/2024

He made his “dash” really count ❤️😢

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