Me
It never ceases to amaze me.

 For years I could not see 

The artistic genius and the beauty

 that everywhere surrounds me
I stand upon a mountain 

I look out onto the sea

I see reflective colour

That never used to be
It must have been within me

But then I wonder why

My mind was full of imagery 

For years it passed me by
I’ve tried of late to translate

What lies between my ears

I hope my little musings

Will bring you some little cheer
          Jpoet7
 

     Unpaid Heroes
Lifeboats leap into perilous oceans

Waves climb high in fearsome motions

The Sailing ships and fishing boats

Struggle tirelessly to stay afloat

Sailors peering in the distance

Praying for some help, assistance

Their friends upon the pier await

For any news of loved ones fate

And then Ahoy you hear the cry

Three cheers again for the R N L I

Jpoet7

           Leap year
White cotton buds in a blue clad sky

Another year has passed swiftly by

The storm clouds they have abated

A tranquil dawn has been created
To walk the nearby coastline

Views so beautiful and so sublime

Lapping waters onto shifting sands

Dogs running, lovers holding hands
Children laughing,running,playing

People silently strolling, praying

Scattered seashells softly glistening

In the hope the Gods are listening
Allay all the doubts and fears

Dry all the worried tears

Will bring but happiness and cheer

Throughout the coming year.

        Jpoet 7 

    Addicted

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Lonely, depressed, in the corner of her mind

She sits desolate head deeply bent in anguish

Surrounded by the remnants of her recent past

Her family long since gone from her life

Where can she turn, she is drowning in self pity

No friends come knocking on her hall door

Laughter and toys missing from the playroom floor

Where did it all go wrong, confused, she rocks 

She had promised to stop in a whispering cry

The bottles hidden in every corner, tempting

Shaking she needed the courage to go on

But now all is lost, the terrible cost

Of an alcohol addiction.

          Jpoet7

 The last farewell

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He was so happy when we would meet

His smile, his eyes would light, his handshake,

But now he’s gaunt the cancers struck

His skeletal frame, he’s bald on top,

But there’s still a sparkle, he’s still so sweet

Despite the pain, the dwindling breath,

He likes to see his friends come around

But some have stopped, don’t make a sound

You cannot blame them it can’t be easy

To see him lie there, slow uneasy.

 Though his wife is there a tower of strength 

The tea, the chat,like an angel sent.

So take a moment of this precious time

To look beyond the timid frame 

And see the man you knew so well

Take a moment some tales to tell

To watch him laugh or hear him cry

There’s still sometime to say goodbye.
Jpoet7

       Human nature
  
By natures beauty I was enraptured
By sea and sky I was truly captured

The sculptured land and verdant pastures

The mountains and the rivers mastered

Waterfalls like torrents thunder

Fill me full of awesome wonder

Such destructive force that tears asunder

The structure of our firmament.

Through deep cut valleys the river flows

As it swiftly moves the land erodes 

Changing the landscape as it goes

The power of nature it truly shows

Human damns and power stations

Light the homes of many nations

If global warming takes its course

We’ll soon be without this natural resource.

            Jpoet7

     Standing on the ledge of time
Standing on the ledge of time,Shadows in the distance

I smile when I recollect the joys of long past Christmas 

The excitement of the night before all snuggled up in bed

And dreams of Santa flying with presents in his sled

Of waking up next morning and running down the stairs 

Expectantly excited to see what presents were left there

The turkey and the pudding the crackers and the jokes

The joy and laughter still ringing great memories it stokes

But life does have its ups and downs and I remember well

The troubled world of war and crime the stories I could tell

We thought that World War Two would teach us all a lesson

But even now the warring tribes would drive you to depression

There’s poverty and there’s discontent in nations East and West

There’s global warming and wind power and political unrest

There’s China and there’s Russia and their power hungry dictators

And in the West we have the oil and the political manipulators

But what I’ve learned in all my years that history comes in cycles

So I stand here on the precipice of yet another major crisis

                                                Jpoet7

The sadness of her passing

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The fires that burned the embers in her mind

The heat the warmth the energy has died

She said that she’d be with me and she lied

She doesn’t know I’m with her and I cried

I remember all the good times that we had

To look back on all the albums makes me sad

To see her sitting there without a care

For someone who has loved it isn’t fair

Her door was always open to her friends 

It’s so sad to see her life come to an end

                Jpoet7 

  

 
We walked along the shoreline

 silent footsteps in the sand

Two lovers, embraced softly, hand in hand
Seagulls chorus in the distance

Children’s buckets building castles

Sunshine, kites and sea shells glisten
People pass by smiling faces

Calm, untroubled slower paces

Leave their troubles in suit cases
Gather,laughter summer pleasure

Together families finding treasure

Let this moment last forever
Jpoet7

      Happiness 
I wake up in the country

The silence it surrounds me

No noise of traffic in the distance

Throngs of people and impatience
My heart beats at a slower pace

A step away from the great rat race

My mind full of serenity and peace

All my troubles they have ceased
Thoughts of happiness and of joy

No mind intrusions to annoy

No more obscenities to obscure

Just nature innocent and pure