That chocolate cake was really scrummy-yum,
I ate so much I think I'm gonna burst
I love the taste of sugar in my tum
In that I guess I'm sort of blessed and cursed.
Now Auntie Jo she never eats dessert,
She says it makes her feel bloated and slow,
But I can eat cake till my belly's hurt
And when I die I know just where I'll go...
Off down the road to join The Pudding Club
I'll stuff my face with every single treat
I'll be a ghost, of course, and there's the rub
What if I cannot savor what I eat?
Can you imagine more torturous waste
Than eating cake forever without taste?
286 (29.04.2015)
Sometimes the world moves just a bit too fast,
Although it's a mere thousand miles an hour,
And all the minutes that I wish would last
The turning world like Pac-man does devour.
And so I reach the end of every day
And wonder where those precious moments went
If only I could somehow find a way
To win back all the hours that I've spent.
But obviously no one can turn back time,
And nobody will ever work out how
Yet still our lives can once more be sublime
If we appreciate the 'Here' and 'Now'.
So once again tomorrow I will try,
To stop the speeding day from flashing by.
Although it's a mere thousand miles an hour,
And all the minutes that I wish would last
The turning world like Pac-man does devour.
And so I reach the end of every day
And wonder where those precious moments went
If only I could somehow find a way
To win back all the hours that I've spent.
But obviously no one can turn back time,
And nobody will ever work out how
Yet still our lives can once more be sublime
If we appreciate the 'Here' and 'Now'.
So once again tomorrow I will try,
To stop the speeding day from flashing by.
285 (28.04.2015)
My hands they hold a tiny speck of dust
The dust is here upon the earth with me
But how do I know I can really trust
The things that I think my eyes they can see?
Sometimes I think I see something ahead,
Perhaps I think I see a sleeping cat,
But when I'm there it's something else instead...
A plastic bag or someone's disused hat.
And so the thing I thought it was I saw
Is different from the way it had once been
The cat has changed from what it was before
To something that I didn't know I'd seen.
So if I cannot even trust my eyes,
How can I know what's real and what is lies?
284 (27.04.2015)
I'd like to give you something you might need,
A tiny moment just between us two,
Forget yourself a little while and read
These humble lines I'm writing just for you.
The world is often hurried as you know,
We rush around from place to place all day
But wait with me a minute and be slow
And let those speedy seconds slip away.
Stop now and look around you at this place,
The sun, the clouds, the stars up in the sky
Look in the mirror at that well known face,
The universe was made for you and I.
Escape with me a little while and then,
Go back into your busy world again.
A tiny moment just between us two,
Forget yourself a little while and read
These humble lines I'm writing just for you.
The world is often hurried as you know,
We rush around from place to place all day
But wait with me a minute and be slow
And let those speedy seconds slip away.
Stop now and look around you at this place,
The sun, the clouds, the stars up in the sky
Look in the mirror at that well known face,
The universe was made for you and I.
Escape with me a little while and then,
Go back into your busy world again.
283 (26.04.2015)
O Children! My Children what have I done?
What time I've wasted and not been with you,
The world spins round a slowly burning sun
And little we pursue will make it new.
But when I stop myself and give you time,
And let your youthful joy infect my heart
Then suddenly to rush becomes a crime
And all at once my worries they depart.
So when I see you playing I will hold
My tongue and not tell you to go to bed
But rather I will stop being so old
And sit a while and play with you instead.
For when we play together I can see,
It's you that should be Captains over me.
What time I've wasted and not been with you,
The world spins round a slowly burning sun
And little we pursue will make it new.
But when I stop myself and give you time,
And let your youthful joy infect my heart
Then suddenly to rush becomes a crime
And all at once my worries they depart.
So when I see you playing I will hold
My tongue and not tell you to go to bed
But rather I will stop being so old
And sit a while and play with you instead.
For when we play together I can see,
It's you that should be Captains over me.
282 (25.04.2015)
Isla's blowing bubbles in the garden
A billion tiny spheres fly in the wind
Light as childish hearts that never harden,
As rare as finding man who's never sinned.
Isla's dancing round between the bubbles
They're bursting on her head and in her hands
Up high they float into the waiting air
Up to where the perfect sun is dawning
To burst up in the sky without a care.
Oh bubbles flying off into the blue,
Can I perhaps, please, come along with you.
A billion tiny spheres fly in the wind
Light as childish hearts that never harden,
As rare as finding man who's never sinned.
Isla's dancing round between the bubbles
They're bursting on her head and in her hands
Helping me forget about my troubles
And helping me forget about my plans.
Bubbles flying off into the morningUp high they float into the waiting air
Up to where the perfect sun is dawning
To burst up in the sky without a care.
Oh bubbles flying off into the blue,
Can I perhaps, please, come along with you.
281 (24.04.2015)
Go into each day like it is your last
Greet sun and rain with inquisitive joy
Remember how fast present becomes past
And don't discard your time like it's a toy.
There are so many minutes in a day
There are so many days within a year
But if we do not notice them they stray
And none of them will ever reappear.
See clearly all the little things in life
Take heed of all the moments that you smile
The possibilities of joy are rife
But only if you notice them awhile.
So notice, notice, know don't just believe
That suddenly it will be time to leave.
And don't discard your time like it's a toy.
There are so many minutes in a day
There are so many days within a year
But if we do not notice them they stray
And none of them will ever reappear.
See clearly all the little things in life
Take heed of all the moments that you smile
The possibilities of joy are rife
But only if you notice them awhile.
So notice, notice, know don't just believe
That suddenly it will be time to leave.
Enrik
Although the world
seems to have lost its light
Those years ago when
you were called away
We know that in the
darkest, blackest night
The memory of your
life in us will stay.
And all the smiles and
all the good you did
And all the friends
and loved ones that you knew
Together they unite
and they forbid
The light you shone
from slipping out of view.
And it’s that light
that helps us understand,
The light that fills
our memories with your grace,
That earth is nothing
but a shadowed land
And you are in a far,
far better place.
And when God says our
time on earth is through,
Then Enrik we will once more be with you.
Then Enrik we will once more be with you.
(23.04.2015)
279 (22.04.2014)
I need glasses now, the world is all blurred,
When I try to focus things just get worse
Thoughts jump from pure to totally absurd
Like seeing things too clearly is a curse.
And even when it works the eye deceives
If I look at the trees I just see green,
But I cannot count any of the leaves.
There's something deep inside me being mean.
As though my time on earth is running out
And gradually my body's breaking down,
There's less and less for me to brag about
Without sounding a bit like I'm a clown.
So, slowly, slowly, slowly draws the end,
For you and me and everyone my friend.
When I try to focus things just get worse
Thoughts jump from pure to totally absurd
Like seeing things too clearly is a curse.
And even when it works the eye deceives
If I look at the trees I just see green,
But I cannot count any of the leaves.
There's something deep inside me being mean.
As though my time on earth is running out
And gradually my body's breaking down,
There's less and less for me to brag about
Without sounding a bit like I'm a clown.
So, slowly, slowly, slowly draws the end,
For you and me and everyone my friend.
278 (21.04.2015)
I've no idea why I keep coming back
I'm like a wave that can't escape the shore
And though I know my sails are all too slack
I find myself returning more and more.
It's just like there are magnets in your heart
And they keep dragging my steel heart to you
So every time that we are swept apart
The windy waves they make my dreams come true...
And I am washed up in your precious arms
And all at once I am no more alone
The gentleness of you it gently calms
The worries that had turned my heart to stone.
So although I am lost alone at sea,
The love we have it draws me back to thee.
I'm like a wave that can't escape the shore
And though I know my sails are all too slack
I find myself returning more and more.
It's just like there are magnets in your heart
And they keep dragging my steel heart to you
So every time that we are swept apart
The windy waves they make my dreams come true...
And I am washed up in your precious arms
And all at once I am no more alone
The gentleness of you it gently calms
The worries that had turned my heart to stone.
So although I am lost alone at sea,
The love we have it draws me back to thee.
277 (21.04.2015)
Let us look forward now towards free verse
And ignore those ten syllables and rhymes
You know that too much structure is a curse
And being loose is all that counts at times.
So bollocks to the rigid sonnet form
Iambic pentameter's days are done
There's nothing here that keeps a fellow warm
Like spouting bits of free verse at the sun.
So put down those traditions that we had
The sonnet's shrivelled up and turned to grey
And now there's nothing that is quite so sad
As show-offs with their rhymes all on display.
So pack your bags and come along with me
Into a world where verse and man are free.
And ignore those ten syllables and rhymes
You know that too much structure is a curse
And being loose is all that counts at times.
So bollocks to the rigid sonnet form
Iambic pentameter's days are done
There's nothing here that keeps a fellow warm
Like spouting bits of free verse at the sun.
So put down those traditions that we had
The sonnet's shrivelled up and turned to grey
And now there's nothing that is quite so sad
As show-offs with their rhymes all on display.
So pack your bags and come along with me
Into a world where verse and man are free.
276 (20.04.2015)
When I hear birds that sing their chorus now
Reminding me that this day's just begun
I know that where my duties lie somehow
These words will show and strengthen in the sun.
Explain to me you letters, notes and lines,
My ears are waiting for your precious words,
Enveloping the way that sound defines
A rule set out for man and beast and birds.
So spring is in the air, I hope it lasts
On days like this you know that dreams come true
No one can doubt the power of our pasts
No one can doubt there's nothing we can't do.
Each of us we can work hard and can show,
Together we can change the world we know.
Reminding me that this day's just begun
I know that where my duties lie somehow
These words will show and strengthen in the sun.
Explain to me you letters, notes and lines,
My ears are waiting for your precious words,
Enveloping the way that sound defines
A rule set out for man and beast and birds.
So spring is in the air, I hope it lasts
On days like this you know that dreams come true
No one can doubt the power of our pasts
No one can doubt there's nothing we can't do.
Each of us we can work hard and can show,
Together we can change the world we know.
275 (19.04.2015)
Today I set my sights as high as high
And shoot my arrows off toward the sun
And I know gradually that by and by
They will return replenished one by one.
And faltering is not a word I speak
And I will not let doubts inside my mind
As I trudge on towards the highest peak
And watch the normal world fall far behind.
I will keep on and then keep on some more
No negative will enter in my brain
And I will be the things that I adore
A little free and blest and quite insane.
The future I see clearly now today,
With not even myself stood in my way.
And shoot my arrows off toward the sun
And I know gradually that by and by
They will return replenished one by one.
And faltering is not a word I speak
And I will not let doubts inside my mind
As I trudge on towards the highest peak
And watch the normal world fall far behind.
I will keep on and then keep on some more
No negative will enter in my brain
And I will be the things that I adore
A little free and blest and quite insane.
The future I see clearly now today,
With not even myself stood in my way.
274 (18.04.2015)
How can you still be true blue through and through,
Despite the fact you've lived here for so long?
Does nothing in your conscience stick like glue?
Has nothing in the world gone slightly wrong?
When you see those statistics on parade,
And when you see those films so often shown
Does not the joy in your consumption fade?
D'you never cry a little on your own?
So, seven families' financial wealth
Is worth more than the 40 poorest lands
And still the poor man's left to feed himself
With not even a dollar in his hands.
"The rich," you say, "they've earned it fair square..."
Despite the fact you've lived here for so long?
Does nothing in your conscience stick like glue?
Has nothing in the world gone slightly wrong?
When you see those statistics on parade,
And when you see those films so often shown
Does not the joy in your consumption fade?
D'you never cry a little on your own?
So, seven families' financial wealth
Is worth more than the 40 poorest lands
And still the poor man's left to feed himself
With not even a dollar in his hands.
"The rich," you say, "they've earned it fair square..."
But I say that it's sin if they don't share.
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