Rhymes from my mind..

Good morning and welcome to the start of a whole new week, I hope your Monday has started off trouble free and your week continues peacefully.

Something a little bit different for you today, only my very closest friends and family have heard my poetry, but today, I open it up to the world. 

Now I know I'll never be a Burns or a Betjeman but I do enjoy writing a little rhyming verse or two every now and then. This first one probably won't go down as the happiest thing I've ever written, but it meant something to me at the time and poetry, for me, is all about touching the emotions, thoughts or feelings and interpreting it to be something personal and unique to each reader. 

So, with that in mind, I won't tell you my story behind it, I don't want to blur your own experiences with mine. 

Here we go...enjoy...

Where are you now? 

Are you near or far? 

What can you see? 

A bright light or the stars? 

Or is it all black 

and a little bit scary?

 Have you travelled far? 

Are you feeling wary?

I hope that you can't see 

the tears in our eyes, 

or how we crumple 

as we say our goodbyes. 

I hope you have memories 

and know we care, 

all we have are the photos 

of the good times we shared. 

We'll think of you often, 

you'll visit our dreams, 

when we see a white feather, 

we'll know what it means.

Love knows no boundaries, 

I've heard people say,  

and although we can't see you, 

you've not gone away.

We'll all raise a glass, 

say three cheers for you, 

you gave us so much 

it's the least we can do. 

And you will live on 

in our hearts and our minds, 

your soul lasts forever, 

but your body has died. 

Your time came, 

and you had to go, 

just remember we love you 

much more than you know.

So, there you go. My first "published" poem, set free into the world. 

The next one, I hope, is a little happier. You will notice that almost all of my poems take the same format and I like to make them rhyme. I just don't get poetry that doesn't rhyme, maybe because I'm not a literary genius, it just sounds wrong in my head. I'd personally call it a paragraph rather than a poem. 

Maybe one day I'll do a bit of research and try to understand it, but for now I'm happy being naive to true poetry while I write my ramblings.... Here we go then with the next one...

As you're walking down the aisle, 

With your daddy who's so proud, 

And everyone who loves you, 

Is watching from the crowd.

You will be oblivious 

To the love that's in your eyes, 

As all your concentration 

Is on one very special guy. 

He sees in you all that you are 

And all that you can be, 

He's known right from the very start, 

"Yes, she's the one for me!" 

It took some contemplating, 

A few years if you will, 

But as you stand here at the altar, 

All that time's stood still. 

Then your daddy looks into your eyes, 

And hands your hand to his, 

For now it's time to become a wife 

And to make your promises. 

Then quick as a flash and just like that, 

You've become his Mrs Right!

You both turn to the crowd and,

Oh, what a happy sight! 

To see the love that you two share, 

Is a perfect joy beyond compare. 

A love everlasting, a love so strong, 
In each others arms is where you belong. 

So it would seem that I can do happy and sad, aren't I flexible? 

I'm going to sign off now and let you carry on with your day. 

Have a happy week, you wonderful person!