The Telescope
As I peer through my telescope I see the past the has been 🌑 As I change focus I see the could have been the choices 🌑 Whichever focus I choose the time has past
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The Librarian
The Librarian shuffles 🌑 His long rough beard white as snow His unkempt hair white speckled grey His robe once white now a tired brown 🌑 The Librarian watches 🌑 Eager prying blue eyes observe Keen sharp ears listen Old gnarled hands clasp a jewelled topped staff 🌑 The Librarian’s presence is felt 🌑 Why […]
MorePlane of Dreams
With a yawn darkness closes in on me The world of consciousness is left I visit the plane of dreams 🌑 On my travels I see much I hear much 🌑 Whether I take heed of the wisdom conveyed another matter But messages there are 🌑 For the plane of dreams tells us much we […]
MoreThe Dashing Rabbit
With a skip, a jump and a hop the rabbit dashes and flies over field and under hedge Surveying with her wide eyes 🌑 The brown and white blur hightails back to her abode She doesn’t stop to pause as she scurries across the road 🌑 With a leap and a dive she plows into […]
MoreThe Waltzing Dragon
With grace which belies her size she soars Across lush green meadows above icy blue lakes 🌑 Dancing with swallows waltzing with falcons Over snow capped mountains beyond frozen landscapes 🌑 Heading North towards her home Stadion by stadion closer to her family
MoreBob
Bob the Caterpillar awoke on a stinging nettle he knew to survive he would need all his mettle 🌑 Bob munched and crunched until his tummy was full His cocoon was glued with silk rather than wool 🌑 After a few days sleep Bob awoke to find he was now a Butterfly bright coloured beautifully […]
MoreOur Mystical Friend
Little deer with you at our side we are gentle not defined by our pride 🌑 You help us be true and kind to be sensitive not blind 🌑 You give us intuition to see clearly without the fog that muddles the weary 🌑 We have your innocence to see the world as a child […]
MoreThe Four Seasons
The four seasons our moods 🌑 Spring hope for the new dawn of light 🌑 Summer basking in the glorious light 🌑 Autumn the slow spiral downward towards darkness 🌑 Winter the feeling of the cold chill of darkness 🌑 Then a new year the cycle begins afresh 🌑 Whilst we wish for perpetual summer
MoreThe Little Raft
The rickety raft ricochets over rapids untamed The furious force seeks to have all reclaimed 🌑 The little raft bravely battles the swell An uneven match Goliath vs the eggshell 🌑 The relentless fury roars and screams Whilst our indomitable friend pursues its dreams
MoreThe Ruin
The somber ruin draws her in moss covered stone stands silent memories hidden within experiences lost 🌑 As she walks history surrounds fleeting images of past gone imbue her mind faces come and go 🌑 As each step is taken the path of the ancients is followed footsteps are heard footprints appear 🌑 The further […]
MoreThe Two Doors
There are two doors 🌑 The left door leads to darkness The right door leads to light 🌑 In the past I have mostly gone left 🌑 Now I’m trying to mostly go right
MoreA Thousand Stories
Lying there completely still Feeling the lush grass under me The gentle breeze on my face 🌑 Just me my thoughts Observing the clouds 🌑 The clouds where a thousand stories can be seen
MoreThe Melancholic Cavern
The raging noise rapid white water thrashing rocks cascading down The melancholic cavern roof cannot be seen 🌑 For the darkness is suffocating 🌑 There is an eerie feeling of being watched an unseen presence felt 🌑 For within the darkness two large eyes observe 🌑 The cavern dragon is here
MoreRatty and Mole
Ratty and Mole were rowing down the river As the sun went down they started to shiver 🌑 The glorious day had taken a turn for the worse Ratty was getting grumpy his voice was getting terse 🌑 Mole was worried he would miss his dinner without his sumptuous food he would get awfully thinner […]
MoreThe Butterfly Whisperer
With a soothing voice and gentle touch She extends her finger to use as a crutch 🌑 Her little friend feels her affection For the little girl has a magical connection 🌑 She is one with nature nature is one with her This is the way of the butterfly whisperer
MoreThe Shimmering Way
Perditus Lost Once I was Lost in Nowhere 🌑 Now I’m somewhere Still lost but with a sense where I am 🌑 The sense allows a direction to be travelled With the wise owl as my guide the shimmering moon as my light 🌑 The journey is along a well worn path For many old […]
MoreThe Fairy Door
As I walked into the room I’m sure I saw the door close Or did I imagine it as I stumbled around in a doze 🌑 So small it’s not noticed that little door Hidden on the skirting board close to the floor 🌑 At night when we are all asleep the door opens ajar […]
MoreThe Little Pebble
Shiny little pebble What have you seen What have you experienced 🌑 Born in the heat of a furnace Worn down by your environment Bashed and trampled on for eons 🌑 You are a wonder an inspiration For how you shine beautifully
MoreLittle Green Caterpillar
Little green caterpillar as we watch you grow you bring a smile and make our heart glow 🌑 Once you’ve had your fill and gobbled enough you rest protected in a skin so so tough 🌑 Now the magic begins a wondrous change how is a mystery and beautifully strange 🌑 After a few long […]
MoreWings A Shimmer
A chuckle, a giggle a flutter, a flitter Wings a shimmer Spreading glitter 🌑 Fooling and tricking Hiding and seeking The little faerie playfully sneaking
MoreThe Threadbare Backpack
The threadbare backpack Straps hanging loose Too much weight it has carried For far too long 🌑 The urge to please An intolerable load The urge to care A heavy burden 🌑 There is still some life in the old backpack yet More journeys to travel More encumbrance to bear
MoreAutumn Leaves
As gusts scatter the autumn leaves the storm sweeps away our sanity In a cruel twist we watch it disperse 🌑 As the cyclone does it’s worse we build the barricades but to no avail The walls come crumbling down
MoreLittle Blue Tit
Little Blue Tit I see you often Whipping this way and that From bush to tree, tree to bush Until some food you arrive at 🌑 Your home is my garden Where you live I do not know But somewhere is your nest Or as I like to call it, your chateau 🌑 Seeing you […]
MoreThe Lion
Where did all go wrong? Disagreements a pastime Antagonism a belief Apathy a life choice 🌑 Extremism on the rise Tensions increasing The world slowly dying Metaphorical fires aplenty 🌑 The quiet majority Decent, honest, caring Voiceless Trying to be heard over the bedlam 🌑 Their roar needs to be heard Their heart needs to […]
MoreA Quiet Revolution
A quiet revolution is what we seek Not an explosion of anger or threats 🌑 Compassion and love at its core Not a maelstrom of hate or envy 🌑 The silent majority as the vanguard Not the horde of screaming agitators 🌑 Peace and restraint at the orbit Not a barrier of intolerance or disharmony […]
MoreThe Struggle
The struggle Trying to break free Claw the way out 🌑 Us Trapped in our own veneer A lifetime incarcerated 🌑 Imprisoned within ourselves But we will escape and we will be free
MoreThe Old Battered Guitar
The old battered guitar Scratched and bashed A lifetime of being played like a fiddle 🌑 The old battered guitar Tired and worn It still holds a tune Except now only it’s own
MoreCompass
Which way? North, South, East, West 🌑 It’s difficult to locate the path Which will give me contentment and rest 🌑 Meandering from here to there, lost In the menagerie Hoping my compass is true and will guide me to my destiny 🌑 My honest companion, navigate my travels to the end The journey will […]
MoreThe Cat On The Window Sill
Sunless silhouette not stirring Luminous apertures scrutinising Elegant empennage flicking 🌑 The cat on the window sill 🌑 Motionless Watching Staring
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