Seasons Come, Seasons Go

Just believe

the spring will come

and the warmth

will cheer everyone.

All these months

of cold and wet

do seem endless

and yet,

we know the seasons

come, then go,

so, we must believe

there are many days

when goodness will bring

the joys of Spring.

The rain soaks deep

into the soil

and helps the earthworms

with their toil,

we know

there are better days

coming soon

to amaze us

with the colour of spring,

and birds will sing

as will our hearts,

so everyday rolls along

to give us tolerance

to adapt

and trust to know

‘this too will pass’

and best we live

with open hearts.

Yes, gratitude for Nature’s ways

and all the amazing

and changing displays

of green and gold

and red and blue

and sunshine’s glow

is coming too.

(Written with chartreuse coloured new Vibernum leaves on August 22, 2013)

The Winds Of Change

The winds of change

will re-arrange

all you saw,

before.

The flow of time

will lead you on

to know you see

more.

The warmth of sunshine

calls to you

and lights your life

always.

And peace and light

are shining bright

they live within

gently.

Life it comes

and stays with you

the light within

glistens.

Wherever you are

remember to rest

and live your life knowing

yourself.

(Written on August 15, 2013)

The Boots, A Song, The Tree and Synchronicity

The wisdom of the ages

‘comes through’ to my pages

and the guidance is as true

as my leap of faith……….

all is well in the world

as all is well in my heart,

I’m walking the path

I’m walking along

and my heart melody

is a pure simple song.

All along in recent years

I create new healing

by releasing old fears.

I ask for guidance, blessings

and signs to see,

so messages coming

are received by me.

So I pray in every new day

I am heartened by all

that paints images for me,

I ask the question

before the answers I see…..

This story begins nine years ago,

when as a Christmas gift

you gave to me

the Grevillea Silky-Oak Tree.

They grow in Queensland

but don’t like the cold,

so I planted it by the winter pond

and it didn’t grow much,

it didn’t respond…..

Then you left me and went far away

and years later I shifted

from that country spot

and dug up ‘our tree’, to take with me,

in a magnificent pot!

Too tall for small gardens

and I could never it’s true

leave it behind

when to me it was you!!!

So I placed it by my window

every day of every year

and it grew to be,

taller than, the rooftops I see.

And over all of the years

you kept returning to me,

and just a few months before

your spirit flew free,

you requested new boots

as a gift from me.

As ever, we walked in the bush,

our favorite song came from whip-birds

and a sweeter song

would never be heard….

One day, I was missing my friend

who ‘has gone from this earth’,

and thinking of him

and those Mack boots left behind,

when I heard a new song

I’d love to re-wind.

The ballad was heartfelt,

from the very first line,

sung by a country singer

in slow waltzing-time. --------

She said “I’ve nothing of yours

to remember you by

except for one shoe”….

and there were tears in my eyes!!

My goodness, a sign if ever there was

that hearts reach across from the other side

to bring cheer and warmth,

there is no divide.

I looked at your new boots

you only wore for a few weeks,

then with your passing

my sadness felt lasting.

And all of the years,

through all of my tears

show me, it is true

you are closer now

than you ever were,

and I am healing within

everyday with new signs,

I am heartened for sure

so keep looking for more.

The following day, was the day, was the one,

when our Chinese Proverb

came true for a second time.

“Keep a green tree in your heart perhaps a singing bird will come…”

So we live with this wisdom

more than twenty years

and it takes your dying

to present to the tree

living birds for me to see!!!

Soon after your passing,

in the Silky-Oak Tree

in a planter pot by the window

you came to be…..

Previously, you wrote on-line

your password defined

‘Blue-wren’ was your call-sign

as birds called to you,

so there in my Silky-Oak

through the window I see

a blue wren, and hen

with a greeting for me!!

Oh Joy! I was heartened,

Oh heart I am free,

I let go of the pain

that has been crippling me…..

Then on a Sunday morning,

the day after ‘the shoe song’,

I go into my room

and am delighted to see

the Western Whip-bird just sitting

in our Silky-Oak Tree!

(I wrote this on October 2, 2011 whilst sitting with THE Mack leather boots)

I Will Waltz With You, until

You always liked Daffodil

her trumpet sounded clear

until,

the music stopped that day for you

and heavens light

came streaming through,

and so you left

for the other side

a brighter time was calling you

and yes I do, miss you too.

Daffodil, Oh Daffodil

I will waltz with you

until,

all the fields have left the hill

and grass is gone,

no longer green

and you are in the world unseen.

And why I say that

I wonder too

where you are now

as here am I,

and Miss Golden Daffodil is shining

under the cloudy sky.

(Written August 13, 2013 with a golden Daffodil)

Wait and See

Every year I love this time

when the blue Grape Hyacinths

flower and shine

and all those bells ring in tune

with the perfect gift

of musk perfume.

So every year I say the same

“Oh, I love to see you here again”

bringing joy in Winter,

following on

from those cold dark nights,

comes your beacon shining bright.

What this first flower of the day

has to tell me,

has to say, is:

“Let us all grow strong and clear,

let us be a glimpse of cheer,

let us know

and in awareness show,

that in every moment there is ‘now’,

so peace and gentleness may shine through

anytime you are feeling ‘blue’.

For some of us, including me

this vivid blue colour

calls across, like no other,

and yes I see, literally,

so much beauty

shining in a simple way,

a lighthouse of bells calling to us,

“the present is now, believe and trust”.

Observing plants is a joy to me,

plant a bulb

then wait and see…….

patience does reward us all

with colourful delights from the soil.

(Written on August 12, 2013 with Muscari armeniacum/ blue Grape Hyacinth)

Deep Purple Star, You Know You Are

Oh I love your richness

and deep purple star,

my goodness Clematis

you know who you are!

Reaching high to the light

and as soft as you are

your being your best

and excelling each test.

Underneath your petals

there’s the softest of lime,

a colour so tender

you look just sublime!

With your stem being strong,

you are happy this day

to greet the spring equinox

with a vibrant display.

Yes, you’re a creeper,

dormant in winter

but now you are showing

that everything’s glowing!

My lesson today

as I hold you close

is to take each season and enjoy each day,

take my life as it comes,

go one step, then two,

whirl around with soft-shoe

and dance on with joy,

leaving time for play

living in openness

and being happy that way.

(Written with a deep purple Clematis flower with 8 petals)