SAIL AWAY (children's poem)

SAIL AWAY

Simply sail away so far away

To the seas far and wide

Oceans new and old

Simply sail away on a crest of a wave

Waving all your worries, trouble way behind

Simply sailing away with the moon lit night

Golden, simply a one-off

It is a guiding light shining so bright

Mystifying, magical, mythical

Alluring, hypnotising, enticing

Fair maidens from a mystical world

Watching, guarding your sailing away

The heavens adorned with rippling

Myriads of colours

Azure blue, oh what a wonderful hue

The moon lit night revealing the wondrous

Colours of the sea

Golden yellow, azure blue

And the emerald greens for all to be seen

The fair maidens sounding the sea shells

Oh such wondrous colours

Oh what a wondrous sight

Bringing much delight

To the weathered minds, bodies and souls

Of the sails men, sea men, of the tall ships sailing simply away

© Teresa Joseph Franklin

19^th May 2013

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BALL OF LIGHT

BALL OF LIGHT

This power of light

That you hold in your hands

Can bring miracles

Bring light to the dark

Powerful

Magnetic

Drawing you through

With all its might

Force

Its speed

Potency of strength

Magnitude of size

Weightless

Flightless

Terrestrial

Spherical

Crystal clear

Illumination

Vibrant

Pulsating with energy

Take it

Use it

For all its worth

For the goodness

It’s made for

© Teresa Joseph Franklin

4^th June 2012

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THE FIRE AND THE PASSION (updated poem)

THE FIRE

AND THE PASSION

This fire that is burning within my heart

A passion

A vision

That I can’t,

And won’t let go

A burning desire

In full flow

Bursting

Beating

With the rhythm of the drum

Louder and louder

Like it is going

To explode

Bursting right out

In every direction

This dream is not going

Up in smoke

It is a fire that is bespoke

It is made, it is tailored

Tailor made

For you heart

My love and heart

In the very hope that it never will depart

I have this vision

Yes a vision

For you and I

Gentle as the feather that blow in the wind

The fire that never scorches the feathers that is willowy and soft

Their gentleness that will touch you heart

The fire that will stoke your passions

The fire that will exude your love for me and you

The tenderness so soft that sends shivers up and down my spine

This fire that exudes my love always for you

The tenderness from me always to you

This fire that will always emanate

A fire that the world will know

So my love and in a hope that you will read this

I shall be waiting for you

© Teresa Joseph Franklin

3^rd August 2017

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THE SOURCE OF YOUR OWN LIGHT

THE SOURCE OF YOUR OWN LIGHT

And strength

We are all strong and wise

We are powerful with much compromise

Concession

Cooperation

Negotiation

Making allowances

For others not so strong and wise

This light that we possess

Own

Hold

Retain

And have acquired

Obtained

Attained

Is so secure

Sheltered

Fastened

Locked

Within us all

A light that has been given

With love

Trust

Faith

Hope

Conviction

Expectation

That we share our light

And our strength

Wherever

Anywhere

Anyplace

Whenever

Every time

Each time

That the need is there to be shared

Shine the light

Right from the top of us

Out to the world

© Teresa Joseph Franklin

23^rd June 2012

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YOU HAVE THE POWER (award winning poem of 2013)

YOU HAVE THE POWER

TO BREAK THROUGH

For so long you had this power over me

The hurt, the pain and agony

That power that had

Such a powerful

Vice like grip

Pulling me down and down

This power that you had over me

Was dug so, so deep within me

Leaving me helpless, weak

With no defenses

Never letting me be

 This power that you held over me

Had me running scared literally

You just didn’t care

How much it hurt

Treated me like a piece of dirt

But guess who’s fighting back?

And you just don’t like it back

Tough luck

Now you are powerless

The one with all the mouth

And now no guts

I’m pushing through this

Thing that’s called power

But not your way

Anymore

Even though this power

Has a strong, strong

Vice like grip

It’s a power I cannot

Desist, resist

The power to walk

To talk

Hold my head higher

Now your power has gone

It’s been far too long

I now have the power

One big, huge power

A burning power

To break through

Anything

© Teresa Joseph Franklin

21^st April 2012

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Award winning poem of 2013

LIVING LIFE ON THE EDGE (Taken from the album 'Thoughts on Life)

LIVING LIFE ON THE EDGE

Looking out to the horizons threshold

Holding what is so dear, and clear

The rainbows may not be showy

The clouds yet to be clear

The waves a pounding

Pounding like this heart

But right now it is a broken and battered one

My very existence with faith is now being questioned

But I do not want to question it

Because it fits

It is not a fits and starts

It’ll never leave my heart

It is deep rooted

Deep seated

But today I’m questioning

Where I need to go from here

Time to reflect

Yet not reject

My true meaning and path

My true purpose

My real reason and reasons

Without trying to reason

It is not the time or place

The time and place will be within

This jagged, ragged rock

Will be my stabilizing rock

Through troubled times

Through happy times

Through my entire life’s times

© Teresa Joseph Franklin

29^th March 2015

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