Category: Stopping thoughts taking hold
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MY THREE WISHES
You have three magic genie wishes, what are you asking for? Without the one, the other two won’t come to pass so it’s something I will keep to myself. Travel and distance means separation is inevitable. So I live in the moment, keeping those wishes in my heart holding them in a sacred space that…
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LEAVING
What was the hardest personal goal you’ve set for yourself? By far it was finally getting up the courage to leave a marriage that I had invested 37 years of my life never admitting to myself that I was married to a controlling man who had narcissistic tendencies and that I had allowed it to…
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Words don’t come easy
Not good grammar but it’s the title of a song after all I don’t speak the words I need to say My silence tells more than I could ever express And so I leave you to read between the lines each day As I still find myself in one hot mess I learnt (and it…
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DAYS WHEN I CRY A LITTLE MORE THAN I SHOULD
It doesn’t happen often, yet there comes a time when the sadness is upon me, worse because I have no one to turn to. Priorities change and sweet moments will disappear, passing into weeks in between and, knowing that I can do nothing about it is probably the most difficult thing of all. It’s not…
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CONFUSION
Confusion rains down upon me as I look at the mixed messages passing before my eyes. Words tumble around me as I try to make sense of the feelings they evoke in me. Every time I try to move on, I know it’s the wrong path as I tiptoe with just one foot in the…
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Who am I
As a child on Friday night bathtime, ( yes in 50s and 60s we had no showers so bathtime was a big event) and it was the only time you could be truly alone. So there I would be about 10 or 12 years old sitting in water growing ever cold wondering who I was…
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When Rules are Broken
I wasn’t supposed to feel like this, I’ve always known The Rules, So I fill my time,create my home And garden with all the tools Lies we tell ourselves, how useless Overthinking is quite overrated So cancel now distract yourself Erase what’s just been stated I cancel my own sabotage I return to sacred space…
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MY POEMS
TANGIBLE (OR NOT) Knock, knock Yes? I am looking for TruthSorry, Truth doesn’t live here anymoreI’m looking for HonestySorry, she moved away 10 years ago for sureThen I’m looking for EmpathyOh, he moved out when Honesty leftGoodness me, now I am feeling quite bereftSo please don’t tell me Kindness left too?Well she was talking of…
Dawn Loves Buttercups 