22/10/2024 - An ever expanding waistline 🙈

I seem to have a problem - all my clothes have shrunk

I put them in to wash before they absolutely stunk

But now there is a gaping chasm between the button and its hole 

Just getting them to meet has become my short term goal

Must be something in the water that’s caused this phenomenon 

I’m not sure that I will ever get my beloved jeans back on 

My belly’s like a mountain and the material seems short

It seems my ever expanding waistline has finally been caught 🙈😂

Joanne C Hicks Pembrokeshire Poet 22/10/2024

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20/10/2024 - A Story To Be Told

Apparently we’ve all been given a gift from above

Delivered and wrapped all up in love 

Don’t fret, don’t worry if you don’t know what it is

Don’t let every day turn into a life quiz!

Nobody said it would be apparent from the start 

So as you travel on the road, just follow your heart 

Your purpose will be clear as you travel down that road

Everyone has a story just waiting to be told. 

Joanne C Hicks Pembrokeshire Poet 20/10/2024 

14/10/2024 - Hope Is All We Have

14th October 2024 

I twisted my fingers around tighter

The pain of holding on…..

Cutting through every inch of my flesh

I tighten my grip

Can’t let go - running though my head

Must hold on 

I breathe - filling my lungs

Giving me strength 

Oxygen - an invisible force

Suddenly I realise the thread I’m grasping hold of

It’s thicker

I loosen my grip a little

Relief washes over me 

I can still hold on and the thread thickens a little more 

When all you see is darkness 

Then all you have is hope

Hold on to it

It will grow

It will always be there 

Sometimes hope is all we have 

Never let go 

Joanne C Hicks Pembrokeshire Poet 14/10/2024

14/10/2024 - Tomorrow - it’s never promised ❤️

I thought you’d always be there

Along with your big smile

I always thought you’d be there

To go the extra mile 

Monday 14th October 2024 

I thought we’d grow old together 

Reminiscing about the past

I always thought we had a friendship

That would always last 

I thought we had a lifetime

To catch up and share a wine

I always thought you’d be there 

And I could just drop you a line 

Today we go on without you 

It makes my heart so sad

That for my final chapters

We will spend them apart 

Never take tomorrow for granted 

One day 

There may not be a tomorrow 

Make time for those you care about 

❤️❤️❤️

Joanne C Hicks Pembrokeshire Poet 14/10/2024

Birthday love!

I’ve had the best birthday, the best I could have

I’ve had delicious cake on my lips; that landed on my hips

I’ve felt the Facebook love with birthday wishes galore

I’ve eaten salad and pizza until I could eat no more

I’ve soaked up all of Valletta, which truly is a gem 

And with happy hour I was nearly overwhelmed 

Aperol Spritz here, Aperol Spritz there

Sipping that orange delight without a single care

So thank you one and all for all the birthday love

 I’ve gained a few birthday pounds which  I need to get rid of! 

😂😂😂