Ribbons For Boys And Girls
Keep writing for the boy
And I'll keep singing for the girl
Write ribbons and ribbons
That will turn into beautiful bows
Multicoloured bows for his kite
Flying in the cleared air
I'll sing ribbons
And ribbons too
While saying goodnight
Scarlet ribbons for her hair
An air so soothing
It will quiet them to sleep
This boy and girl
Without a care
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Know That My Love Surrounds You
Something ails and
Troubles you tonight my love
Let me stay and
Hold you like a glove
My mouth keeps whispering
'I love you' from my heart
At times it's out before I know it
Which gives me a start
I'd better watch this reflex act
Or all will think I've gone cracked
A sure sign that love surrounds and spreads
Beyond the writings from our pens
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Pipette
Pipette of my heart
Has titrated the pain
Of loving you
Meniscus line measured
Each dropp hanging
For a century
Before I let it fall
As tear
I have cried so many
This soul
Could not
Just take
Any more
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Beware The Scam
Beware the scam my friends
Beware the scam
The one where you are
Asked 'support an orphanage'
Even through the medium
Of poetry beware the scam
There are ways and means these days
To ignite a sham
We have to learn to reap
Reap what we sow
Not expect handouts
From anyone although
Temptation prays at
Heaven's golden page
Beware the scam my friends
Hold still your gaze
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A Prayer for Strength
May you feel a supporting hand
On your shoulder all this day
Pushing you forward carrying you through
Whatever you will face
May you feel a purpose easing you
To honour your every say
With inspiration from Love's spirit
Guiding your path with Grace
And from this may the wind of warmest Love
Breath about your every way
Encircling your heart and mind
With a permanent embrace
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Survival
A love so true,
So vivid,
So electric -
They dare
Not to
Speak of it -
The press
Would go
Apoplectic.
Oh where
Would their
True love
Survive
Out of blue?
In a bottle
On the ocean
Roughing wind's
Commotions?
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Stone Exchange
She knocked and entered
I have a gift for you
What he said
You can't do
In her hand was
A stone
Was she going to throw it
Who knows
She was so unpredictable
With that she smiled
And said this is it
A stone
A simple stone
Purple brown and grey
She placed it on the table
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Occupational Therapy
Find me a scissors and some paper,
So I can start to shape her.
First the feet and legs, all two;
Up to the knees then a skirt will do.
Then to the middle to angle at the arms,
Down to the fingers (this is where it gets hard) .
Then once they look presentable,
Off up to the shoulders, curving up at the neck
To a face well rounded.
All done now, our paper cut out of you.
Ready for colouring,
You can begin with the blue :)
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With this soul
I thought my soul
Helped me fly as spirit
Until I felt my soul
Connected to the soil
Through my heart
Through my longing
And through my holding
Of the branches of a tree
I felt connected to all things
Through the ground
My soul is of this earth
In death
It is in the ground
I want to be buried
No cremation for me
But for now
I choose life I breathe life
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My soul tells off my playful spirit
My soul tells off my playful spirit
Where is thine reverence it asks
I bow my head and ask forgiveness
But I know not for which giggling task
This soul has seen and felt deep love
And has touched great wonder sublime
It shares this love with its true dearest
Sending spirit free for playful rhyme
So when soul tells off my playful spirit
It's hard to take it seriously
As spirit knows that soul has caused
My love to spill for you deliriously
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