I was unsure how to do this ‘Dad’ thing. What was my role? Holding a hand? Pushing a swing? Yet, there you were, this new unit: Madonna and Child. And where did I fit? So, I looked around and found, in my past And on screens, I’d seen: Hold fast and stay Love finds a [...]
Tag: Life
Funny old thing
It's a funny old thing, to be a mother To put your heart in the hands of another Without condition. Beyond and above The surest form of human love, Except, perhaps, for the love received From the tiny child that was conceived. Maybe it's their love, at the start, That truly binds us, heart to [...]
Acrostic Prayer
Please, God, let this year be the first year Every child can live without fear, Anger fades and leaves no trace, Compassion grows to take its place. Each religion, as was first meant Fosters love and kind intent; And, though I know my God’s the best It's true that so do all the rest. Truth [...]
The song of life
A cricket sat in the long grass And watched As the man on the mower came closer. “My voice is so small,” said the cricket “And I am so little. What can I do to change this man’s heart?” She felt the hopelessness overwhelm her. She looked around at her home This garden that she [...]
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 [...]
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