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Tag Archives: childhood
Shadows
Peek-a-boo Shadows lurking Children play In darkened rooms Lullabies Hide their terrors In the world The black rose blooms Hush now child No use crying Shadow friends Have come to play All who live Will soon by dying Nothing more … Continue reading
First Desire for Prompt 34 ‘My First’
If I try very hard I may recall Days of innocence Before wit and eloquence Before confines and conformity Before knowledge of who I was And yet may be Within the world Of my small family I may recall The … Continue reading
Posted in Fire, Poetry
Tagged Aspiration, belief, childhood, choice, desire, first desire, freedom, memory, Musings, prompt, self identity, self-knowledge, travel, wanderlust
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Childhood
In the acorn is the oak In the seed the rose will bloom In the rocking of the cradle In the warmth to fill a room In the playground is the growing In each school the lessons learned This is … Continue reading
Posted in Fire, Poetry
Tagged alchemy, Aspiration, belief, child rearing, childhood, choice, growth, identity, Musings, parenthood
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Whenever I Love
He said that the walnuts Looked like a brain Defiant, built sand castles Out in the rain Divined all the mysteries I couldn’t explain But unlike that last winter He won’t come again He seemed like a man But was … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Water
Tagged acceptance, alchemy, Aspiration, belief, childhood, choice, friends, friendship, Games, loss, Love, memory, Relationships, Spiritual, truth
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Tigers Rule The World – for Prompt 15 Childhood Dreams
The lawn of our backyard Was the expanse of Africa The white suburban fencing Could not quell the conqueror A tiny mouth could roar With operatic intensity As I surveyed my kingdom Such was my propensity I spoke with angels, … Continue reading
Guilt
I am drawn out on this rack Spread like withered newspaper crackling and brown; I have hungered beyond earthly recognition for a moment of almost predatory peace Sweet skeleton irradiates unspoken crimes; days long ago during summer’s idyll, where we … Continue reading
Posted in Fire, Poetry
Tagged acceptance, childhood, choice, cruelty, dark, denial, dishonesty, Games, guilt, memory, Musings, Philosophy, truth
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Faithful Friend
I still dream of the little dog I had as a child Like her spirit has followed me Carefree and wild And she comes when I need her With her comfort so mild Oh what a faithful companion To have … Continue reading
Posted in Earth, Poetry
Tagged acceptance, Aspiration, childhood, choice, dog, Dreams, friendship, Love, Musings, pet, truth
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Food Reverie (inspired by the morning coffee)
Coffee Dark, rich succour Shortbread biscuits Melting with the flavour On my tongue The morning painted with Sweetness and faint spice These habits and addictions Re-awakened, just begun Passing bakery shops On my travels Takes me instantly back To childhood … Continue reading
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