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Monday, 29 December 2014
I know, I really know
Why its wings flap intermittently
Why it cranes its neck in anticipation
Sharp beak darting to and fro
Ever vigilant
Always ready
To spread it's wings and go diving
Curling through the open door
Soaring out into the air
And beaming ever upwards
As the sun's rays gleam along metal bars
The lattice and framework creating a glittery web
A mesh of shimmering steel
Interlocking seamlessly from prism to prism
Creating the illusion of a lacy bodice
Draped seductively over the bird's delicate breast
As night turns to day
And the winds drive in rain
Which soon dries in the midday sun
Why the caged bird tweets about peace
Chatters gleefully and thankfully for it's life
Why even though born in a cage
It's lifelong persistent desire
Is a life beyond the bars
To soothe our thoughts and anxieties
To pierce the deepest tension and conjure up tranquility
Eyes ever fixed on the little portal
The gateway to unknown freedom
Where in an instant and flurry of feathers
It can be transformed
Like a moth into a butterfly
Before flitting prettily off into the realm of freedom
Sunday, 28 December 2014
Shadows
One foot in front of the other
I watch my feet gobbling the pavement
I'm going forward
Trying to get ahead
And at the same time moving away
From what lies behind me
Stuck in the past
No longer threatening me
But trapped in ghostly whispers
Which loom in shadows behind me
As the sun beats down relentlessly
Slanting forms lean lazily
On the concrete all around me
Forming jagged ,criss cross patterns
As they form a confusing web
Linking in and out of each other
As they stretch and twist
Spelling out my life
With its raging conflict of emotions
Disappointment is etched in the cracks
Like small tributaries branching off uncertainly
From the mainstream of what is my life
Then stopping abruptly - no warning
Only to splinter off and out
Down another small tributary
The result being the same
There are shadows of defeat
Formed by the slouching shadows
Like old men hunched over on park benches
Staring wistfully into a distant past
Where bad decisions were made
And hearts were broken repeatedly
And dreams were formed only to shatter
Leaving a debris of regret and remorse
Visible to all
But useful to none
In the shadows I see reflections of myself
Different stages of my life
Shadows of fear
Shadows of despair
Shadows of surrender
Then beyond them rise the giants of positive reflections
Looming menacingly over the dark shadows
Promising to engulf them
In the solidarity of surety
Wrapping itself like a blanket over my life
Smothering the dingy shadows
That try to extinguish hope and faith
And the promise of a brighter tomorrow
So I'm enthralled
But I never succumb
To the shape shifting inconsistency
Of a life-story told in the shadows
Saturday, 20 December 2014
Borderline
Can't comprehend
Can't make sense
Can't reconcile
Your ability to lie
So effortlessly
Knowing how much pain it causes
How much anguish it brings
How much despair it creates
When one realises
That all you ever knew
Is completely untrue
I can't understand
Can't fathom
Can't come to terms with
How you find peace in your heart
Knowing how much havoc you wreak
For those you profess to love
Over and over
Showing no remorse
Your arrogance precedes all
Defies all
Disregards all
Living by your own rules
Unaccountable
Unrepentent
The lies roll off your tongue
As if you believe they are now the truth
I used to think I was a fool
That I was naive
That I was gullible
For succumbing to your dishonest ways
For giving you the benefit of the doubt
For choosing to see the only the good
I have felt so used and unappreciated
Extremely betrayed and worthless
How wrong I was to even think
I could use you as the benchmark
To measure my value or worth
I can't believe
Can't even begin to imagine
Can't perceive
Why I ever thought
Why I even considered
Or even bothered
To keep believing in you
When you clearly don't believe in yourself
I am drawing a line in the sand today
Stepping across it boldly
And walking away from you
Away from your deceit
Away from your disrespect
Away from your continuous disappointment
How dare you even try
To take the last of my dignity
The last of my pride
The last of my hope to believe in good
As you watch my back
Don't hold your breath
Don't hope for a moment
Don't think for a split second
That I will look back again
I won't give you any more chances
I won't reconsider
I won't look in your direction
Because it's not the way I'm going anymore
Tuesday, 16 December 2014
When all is said and done.
This is death's holding room.
She
waits
for
no one.
The pain is mirrored in the reflections of their eyes as they face each other now. They embrace. And in the warmth of the deep embrace they can feel their mothers arms still binding them together. All the memories wash over them and they laugh and cry at the same time unashamedly now as they prepare to go and sit with her one last time. It's not easy to think their mum's laughter is lost in echoes in the wind now. Only an image of her,always smiling, now remains in their heads. They pull away from each other and hold hands as they turn to go and follow the nurse waiting patiently by the swinging doors to lead them to her. Heads lowered they saunter through the doors and follow the nurse, down the Green Mile to where their mum rests peacefully waiting to feel their final touch and hear them whisper goodbye.
Saturday, 13 December 2014
The writing on the wall
I've lived
with the same man,
as his wife since I was 20.
First traditionally in the first 5
years and then legally for the last 13.
The best thing that came out of it - my 2 beautiful children.
In all
those years I
dealt with a lot of
feelings of worthless-ness
despair, rejection. Repeatedly ...
to the point where I believed that I was
not worth respecting, loving or even protecting.
5
months
ago I made a
decision to separate
from my husband and take
time to think about what I really
wanted. Its been an arduous emotional journey.
In that
5 months
I have come
closer to knowing
myself, what I value
about myself, why my life
has purpose. I can truly say
that for the first time in my adult
life I accept who I am, I genuinely see
my beauty and love myself more than I ever
came close to in the last 18 years. I did that by myself.
Marriage
is supposed
to be your safe place.
Your haven. The one place
where one person is committed
to daily reminding you why they chose
you to love, honour, respect and protect. It's
a commitment to building another person up and not
breaking them down. If its genuine you grow together, not apart.
Sometimes
we look for answers
in all the wrong places
because we are not ready
to face the painful truth that's
been staring us in the face all along.
If you have to ask yourself where you stand
with someone, chances are that you're standing alone.
If its
taken me
5 months to
show myself what
someone failed to do in
18 years, it's hard to justify
that they are worth spending one
more minute of my precious life on.
And that's a fact.
Friday, 12 December 2014
Twin beacons
"I've been thinking about it. And what you're doing is like flying a plane. The take off was paying the 1st month's rent. And you did it. And you've been flying really smoothly. But now you have to finish off by landing the plane. It could be bumpy but its never as tough as you think it will be. Have faith in your landing abilities and the training you've done so far to get here and of course the fact that you've just flown all the way from there to the USA. Landing is nothing compared to all that."
16 June 2014 - 'My son'
"Just don't think about all the bad things mom. You have to be positive even when you feel like there's no point. Its all these little moments that change our lives. The moments where maybe if you had done something just a little bit differently you would have met somebody or discovered something life changing. Those are the moments we should look forward to. And we never know how close they are. Sometimes, when we're just about to give up, we find success is just around the corner, and if we'd just said no that time we would never have made it. It's all about positivity. The devil wants us to fail mom, but if we believe, God won't let us. I love you"
8 August 2014 - ' My daughter'
If you are lucky in this lifetime
You get a beacon of light
That ray of light that gives you hope
Illuminates your path when all is dark
Reminds you as you grapple in darkness
That you will emerge in the light eventually
At times that faint light
Beckoning in the distance
Is your lifeline
When you can't go on
And you're tired of the long hard and dark road
Its your reason to keep moving forward
Your beacon of hope
I was blessed with not one but two of these
Looking into their eyes
Is like looking into my own
The miracle of life
My bloodline continued
Mine were the first eyes they ever looked into
And they know I would die for them
They have been my lifeline
Through many a dark night
My reminder that if there's anything I have achieved in my life
It's being a good mother
When I read the words of encouragement
That they are capable of crafting for me
It melts my heart, makes me smile
Spurs me on
My children;
My Twin beacons of light