SNUZZLES (poetry funnies)

SNUZZLES

I love you lots

Cos you mean lots

We are brother

And sister

We play around lots

Climbing up the curtains

And

Scratching lots

The two legs

Don’t like it a lot

But they are stuck with us now

The wanted two sweet kittens

To keep them company

Sit on their laps

On their bed

On their head

And shoulders

They keep us well fed

With a lovely warm bed

Right by the fireside

Cozy and warm

They like seeing us playing

And pretend fighting

But when we nuzzle like this

They go all coooeeeee

And silly softeeee

Saying silly things like

O aren’t they cute

Adorable

Delightful

And all that stuff

Little do they know

That we love them so

As well

So let’s keep nuzzling

Just for the show

Oh by the way your nose is cold

© Teresa Joseph Franklin

24^th October 2014

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HEAVY AND LONELY

HEAVY AND LONELY

It’s like a weight on these small shoulders

This being at the top

A feeling that I’ll drop

A feeling of falling over

It’s heavy, heavy!

Success has its price

More than thrice

It’s taken hard earned hours

Taken me to towers

I’ve toiled

I’ve boiled

I’ve burnt the candle at both ends

Been round so many bends

Made so many amends

There’s been the crafting

Grafting

Promoting, advertising

The gobbled gook

And the “oh look!”

Yet there are and always will be the

Miss-looks and the miss-tooks

Friends and Family have stayed

Some so staid

Some who have given the game away!

Oh yes and the betrayal, denial

My passions at times have been

Excitable, unbelievable and exceptional

I’ve wept, cried and almost died

Life has knocked the stuffing out of me

But that stuffing was never good for me!

I’m still here standing

Upstanding with my held high

Knowing that I’m not finished yet

I’ve punched the air

Almost didn’t give a care

Oh yes and oh no

What do I know?

Laying my life so bare

You’ve been here one and all

Along this journey

Its successes and failures

You shed your tears

Helped me with my fears

Laughed out loud

That’s made me stand out from the crowd

Did I want or need this?

A resounding NO!

It has brought its perils

Along with the devils

Who took what they wanted

Without wantage

I’ve crossed so many bridges

Emptied so many fridges

For that coffee and tea

But all that I really need is one that I crave

Crave to be in my grounded

Embedded life

I know he is out there somewhere and somehow we’ll meet

With such a greet

So until that day

That great, great day

I carry away

All my hopes, dreams

With you all

© Teresa Joseph Franklin

23^rd October 2014

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IT IS WHAT DREAMS ARE MADE OF

IT IS WHAT DREAMS ARE MADE OF

Fairy tales without the puppy dog tails

Fairy tales of long, long ago

Fairy tales when the dreams just flow and flow

Fluttering their golden wings here and there

Her wings so thin that they may break

But never fear they are too strong,

The tips of her wings like the Peacocks

Oh how they shine, oh divine

The magical, mystical little fairy girl

Her hair a golden, golden gleaming colour

She has made a daisy garland that adorns her head

She is the fairy of the land of nature

This little fairy girl holds what is so dear

The trees and all its leaves, the branches reaching

Tall and thin, the trunk so sturdy that it shall not fall

The grass so green, clean and clear

Within her hands she holds a doll

This doll is exactly just like her

Her dress an electric blue, oh what a hue!

When the night falls the stars do shine

Bringing much laughter that is yours and mine

They twinkle, sparkle from heavens divine

If you watch carefully, very carefully

They will be dancing a very happy tune

But these aren’t just twinkling stars oh no!

They are the magical, mysterious, and mythical

Fairies dancing just for you in your midnight dreams

© Teresa Joseph Franklin

26^th June 2013

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TAKEN FROM THE CHILDREN'S BOOK OF POEMS

'SIMPLY MAGICAL' 

CRYING

CRYING

Tears staining our faces

Tears rolling down our cheeks

Tears tearful

Weeping sobbing

Our hearts out

Tears of laughter

Joy happiness and glee

Oh such merriment too

When we cry it is for many reasons

Seasons

There is no shame in crying

There is no disgrace

There is no need to be embarrassed

There is no dishonor

This is our way of relieving

Releasing alleviating

Allaying dispelling

Pent up emotions

Feelings sentiments and reactions

Passions sensations

That has been held so deep within us

Brings light to the darkness

Bringing relief

And freedom

To a once trouble soul

Let those wings unfurl

Fly, fly

Like a bird released

Angel wings purest of white

Heavenly

Realm

Here on this Earth

© Teresa Joseph Franklin

20^th October 2014

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