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Single parenthood …
Parenthood is tough Being a single Mum is tough A lonely road No one there To compare Thoughts, ideas and discipline Instead this falls On you Everything. The caring and the nurturing The listening and discussing The advising and telling off Drying tears Comforting and cuddling Dealing with bullies Treading a narrow line Between interfering…
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Coming home …
That first year … Drifting with the tide Going through the motions Existing, not living. Getting up Going to work Taking James to school. Sleeping, cooking, eating, drinking Paying bills. Relentlessly living. Piles of post on the mat, A full inbox every day Messages, kind and sympathetic A comfort in the moment. Then back to…
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Beach musings …
Indomitable cliffs, Silent, brooding, Strong, immovable, Black, and grey White striations adding light Colour, patterns, interest too. Rocks covered in barnacles, Limpets, seaweed and muscles. Damp and lifeless, Shades of brown, orange–green Clumps all tufted, Neatly growing Sprawling branches, twisty, turning Lacey, bobbly Firmly rooted to the rocks. Active when the water rises In this…
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Change is ever present
Pebbles on the beach Scattered randomly Here and there Large ones, small ones, Rough and smooth, Coloured, plain And mottled, pretty Like a trail to follow To the distant cliffs A path along the sand Changing twice a day As the tide comes in Shifting the pebbles every time Altering their position Tumbling them in…
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A forward plan unfolds …
I’ve been in Cornwall a week now It’s been an odd week in all, Beautiful and wild of course October storms and wind Bright, clear sunny days And a mixture of the two. The sights and sounds are just the same Big seas, and roaring waves Crashing relentlessly onto sand Foaming, bubbling, frothing Each wave…
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My book finished, at last …
I never thought this day would come My book all finished and complete. There were times The road ahead Seemed long and weary Full of doubts, Questions, Incomplete. I worked in secret Not owning up Hoping one day I’d get here, But hardly daring To believe. I’d be working well Then something Stopped me in…
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Stuck at low tide …
I’ve been in a capsule of time Stuck at low tide A special period, Special to me My marriage Ended abruptly Held in time To write my story Locked in events Long since past. Yesterday Something happened to me To jolt me back to reality. I realized Things have changed The world has changed People’s…
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Harvest Mood Meditation …
Last night I sat beneath The large, full, harvest moon Under a clear and cloudless sky With the moon’s light Shining down on me Gently, yet purposefully. Held by the land Held by the moon And held by the Group I was with, To meditate and contemplate And give thanks for all achievements, To accept…
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Wait and reflect … change is always coming
One question I have for you Oh Universe, so powerful How is it I’m not feeling Ecstatic, free, sublimely happy Because the book is finished? I drew The Oracle card This morning Advising me to wait and see A period of Reflection Is signalled for me. Wise counsel I am sure As I am prone,…
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Finishing touches to the book – but how do I feel?
My book went back yesterday I hope for the last time Two very small corrections Added to the list to do. I feel so very proud of it But even yesterday It was so very hard To sit down and attend To the work I needed to do. There is a part of me I’m…
Return to Me
From loss to freedom
Return to Me 