APRIL SHOWERS (new poem)

APRIL SHOWERS

And here I am out there

Enjoying the rain

Washing all the pain

Away, away

And in the distant the beach

Just out of reach

The wind swirling, curling

Round and round

The sounds

Pitter pattering

Scattering the winter away

Spring is here

And here hopefully comes the sunshine

Bringing hope

Bringing in the blooms

The glorious sunrises and sunsets

So let this be the raining month

As it brings in the next season

Summer, summer

The sand in our toes

The walking along the beaches

Searching for those elusive sea shells

That is so buried in the sands

The beaches are still desolate

With the exception of the few

Dogs jumping and leaping

Lovers walking hand in hand

Ducking and diving the waves

Churning, turning

Oh how I wish!

That I had a dish

To walk, to stroll

Along this and that beach

But I know that you are not that far out of reach

You are out there

And I am out there

It’s just a matter of time

When we’ll walk and talk

In rhyme

Summer, summer

The heat, the beat

Of distant drums

Ringing, singing in my head

The rhythm swimming

Swaying, swaying away

Oh come on summer!

Bring on this sought after love

A universal love

All my past ghosts gone

The beginning of new

Renewing

Renewal

Please give me the simple life

Free from all of the strife

Walk through this life

Walk through the wind and rain

Where many whispers remain

Yet they are our pasts

That never last

It’s the here and now

It’s the one day at a time

Evenings strolling and walking

In this spring rain

They’ll be washed away

Bringing in the glistening sunshine

Leaving a renewed scent

Of a new day and night

Oh and now I am going home

After this roam

© Teresa Joseph Franklin

1^st April 2016

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SHIP WRECKED

SHIP WRECKED

Taken from (c) Heartfelt Baring All

It has been so long for this ship to have wrecked itself

Along the craggy rocks and shoreline

That has been new and scary all of the time

Beaten, battered forlorn bones shaken and bruised

Tattered, ragged like the edge of a knife cutting through

The shabby, messy and tatty exterior of the ship

Sails shredded with nothing to sail against the winds, rain

And torrents of waves

Left dilapidated open to the currents, sinking, drifting swaying

Tossing and turning with the tidal waves

Surrender to the elements was the only way

Take a course to the nearest shore, danger ahead there be

But surely that is where I need to be?

I would rather try to swim ashore than be swallowed alive

Gasping for breath so near to death

This time instead I find and recover this stealth

That is so abhorrent, disgustingly clear but I must go on

Find the strength the power to thrive, survive and strive

On and on for the sake of how long!

Resuming the good from the bad

That had sent me to a near death

Sunken pallor, sunken stinking ship

I hold so dear so gently to steer

This wayward course of life and limb

© Teresa Joseph Franklin

16^th March 2013

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YOU MADE ME FEEL WHOLE (new poem)

YOU MADE ME FEEL WHOLE

Our love will never breakdown

Down, down

Oh babe this is whole

My love and I will conquer the world

The oceans and seas our expanse

The lands before us will never break us down

The people can stay invisible

Yet our love will never be obscure

They said our love would not survive

And we can both say

“We have proved them wrong”

They have been silenced

The shadows all gone

We have survived their bitterness

Our love is of the sweetest sweetness

This is what we have been waiting for!

A lifetime of trying to find each other

And here we are

Living and breathing under the moon and stars

Your love is all I need

Flowers you can keep

Diamonds and pearls

Are too superficial

They’ll never touch our love

All the love songs are a mirage

We have our own love story

Poetry can never ever portray

This is now not surreal

Our love is real

You just bring your love

Love, love

To me!

When I’m with you the world disappears

This sea shore, this sea shore

Is our memory, memories!

Where we both met

Just two people idling, lazing

Aimlessly, pointlessly

Strolling blindly

And oh what a rush when our met!

We crashed into each other

Both of us in our own aimless pointless worlds

Wandering nowhere without a care

Oh babe how can we ever forget

The apologizing

The frantic chit chat

The frenetic chaotic disarray

Pulling each other out of the sea

Wet, wet to the skin

Laughing, shouting at each other

Blaming you, blaming me

This never happens in dreams

But this dream has come true

With you, you!

You’ve made me feel whole

When all I thought I had was a gaping hole

Yet here you are and completely filled that empty, empty

Hole

And here we are born lovers

And my love is getting stronger

Stronger and stronger

Each and everyday

In everyway

Knowing that we are both

Friends and lovers

And in this world of confusion

We just know, know

That the world can stay confused

Our world is perfection

Where we can stay safe and secure

Oh, oh babe

You have made this world of mine whole

Oh babe

I never want, need this to change

Or be exchanged

This is our completeness

Where we never compete

Oh babe

© Teresa Joseph Franklin

30^th March 2016

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THE WISDOM FLOWING (updated poem)

THE WISDOM FLOWING

The night so bright

Heavenly azure

Blue

Spiritual hue

The moon shining

In front of the spiritual figurine

Owl in flight

Living in the night

But has no fear of the day light

The night is just as scared as the light

Within all this

There is

Magic

Mystery

And

Ancient knowledge

And the light will always

Dissipate the darkness

The owl’s eyes

Wide

Taking in all that surrounds

Land and sky

Seeking

Looking

Listening closely

To subtleties of communications

Observing

Everything

To bring back to you and I

The wisdom

Soul wisdom

More than intellectual knowledge

Owl seeks us to spend

Time within nature

In silence

Forest, beach or just a quite spot

Listen to all that is around

Any sound

That is around

And feel the sensation

That is all our around bodies

And minds

And inner souls

© Teresa Joseph Franklin

30^th March 2016

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FIGHTING FOR A CAUSE

FIGHTING FOR A CAUSE

Although we fight for

Causes

For whatever reason they maybe

There is always the basic

Essentials to be undertaken before hand

The standing on a

Solid ground

Foundations will need

Underpinning

Fundamentals

The nitty-gritties

The essential facts and figures

Necessities

Requirements

Is our cause worth the fight?

Can we carry out the cause?

Or try to

Enlist

Recruit

Others to the cause

As times change

With motions

Emotions

Feelings

Passions

Sentiments

Thoughts

Ideas

Attitudes

Not everyone agrees

Disagrees

Opposes

Resists

Contests

Disputes

Contradicts

The causes that are worth fighting for

Or are you standing alone?

Defend

And win the cause alone

In this end note

Thank you for standing for the cause

© Teresa Joseph Franklin

19^th June 2012

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Apologies down with the flu

As soon as I am better I will be posting and sharing poetry, and hopefully that won't be too long