Of late, she forgot, but we will not. You were there inside her: Fun-loving, handle-bar rider. Hard to tell at first: Your mind travelled, Thoughts unravelled. Then you’d burst through in a smile And stay for a while. Hazel. Extraordinary ordinary life. A sister, a mother, a wife. Creator and grower Teacher and sower Guide-leader [...]
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Butterfly Mums
Butterfly Mums are Mums none the less For having to guess how their child grows Their heart knows. They track each stage And know the age Their child would be now For they see their friends growing No help but for knowing That today is the day they'd have started year three Or grazed their [...]
Like fire flies
Like fire flies, we are wrong to think our lives long In the lazy hazy summer days, when we are young. Look up, and see a wondrous sight: Light after beautiful twinkling light. Shining like day Lighting our way. How did I not see before The leading light our elders bore? Our first teachers, older, [...]
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