Homework for March 2024 ... TAKE THE TIME
Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2024 1:40 pm
TAKE THE TIME … Maureen Clifford © The #ScribblyBarkPoet
When your mind is feeling weary and your body’s feeling sore
and you wake up in the morning asking ‘what am I here for’
when the clouds of blackness gather and like dense fog they descend
and you don’t know if you’ll make it through this pain that never ends;
then you have to gather courage and remember who you are
for nobody here gets left behind – we’ve made it through so far.
It’s a struggle for survival - all around the world seems grim.
No shades of grey? All black and white? Well just add colour in.
For life’s been unabated – it’s continued as before,
but alas you missed the picture hiding behind a closed door.
Venture forth into the sunlight, try to shake off all that gloom,
give thanks that flowers still blossom and that roses still have bloom.
Take the time you need to heal yourself – no journey is the same,
speak of your loved one often, find some comfort in their name.
Make sure they’re not forgotten and make every memory count.
Rebuild on strong foundations for you’re only down, not out.
Then if you require an undiscovered sanctuary to heal -
take whatever time is needed and give yourself time to feel.
One can always find great solace simply sitting by the shore
of the ocean, listening to the mighty oceans rant and roar,
or by a gentle creek whose waters tumbling over stones
calm and soothe a broken spirit with their susurrating tones,
or take shelter in the darkness and send your thoughts flying far
to your loved ones in the ether – and go camp beneath the stars.
.
23.02.2024
When your mind is feeling weary and your body’s feeling sore
and you wake up in the morning asking ‘what am I here for’
when the clouds of blackness gather and like dense fog they descend
and you don’t know if you’ll make it through this pain that never ends;
then you have to gather courage and remember who you are
for nobody here gets left behind – we’ve made it through so far.
It’s a struggle for survival - all around the world seems grim.
No shades of grey? All black and white? Well just add colour in.
For life’s been unabated – it’s continued as before,
but alas you missed the picture hiding behind a closed door.
Venture forth into the sunlight, try to shake off all that gloom,
give thanks that flowers still blossom and that roses still have bloom.
Take the time you need to heal yourself – no journey is the same,
speak of your loved one often, find some comfort in their name.
Make sure they’re not forgotten and make every memory count.
Rebuild on strong foundations for you’re only down, not out.
Then if you require an undiscovered sanctuary to heal -
take whatever time is needed and give yourself time to feel.
One can always find great solace simply sitting by the shore
of the ocean, listening to the mighty oceans rant and roar,
or by a gentle creek whose waters tumbling over stones
calm and soothe a broken spirit with their susurrating tones,
or take shelter in the darkness and send your thoughts flying far
to your loved ones in the ether – and go camp beneath the stars.
.
23.02.2024