Hallett Cove beach

 Drove along the coast

Following the beach

Needed to relax

Needed some release

Too many people

Walking, swimming, surfing

I wanted to find

A quiet spot

For peace of mind

Free from the press

Room to breathe

Peace to think

Without the bodies

Without the noise

Needed quiet contemplation

Needed my own space

Ended up in Hallett Cove

Secluded: far from crowds

Here I wandered

Close to the water

Was drawn to that sound

There I was lost in nature

Closer to my dearest Lord

There I found that quietness

To calm my tortured soul

Feeling sad

I’m feeling sad these days

Too much sadness just

Gets in the way: tears flow

I just wish they’d go

Sick of feeling like this

Sick of the endless days

Can't sleep at night

It’s just not right: you know

How much longer will it be?

Until I can finally see the sun

Until I feel like a bit of fun?

Until there is some happiness

In this sad life of mine?

Swimming at the sandbar Loxton North

Teenage years were a blast

After I found a good mate

In my best friend Wendy

We’d visit each other’s homes

Spend hours hanging out

Doing girly things for ages

Watching movies and stuff

Plucking each other’s eyebrows

Discussing girly things and

Swimming down at the sandbar

During those long summer days

We soaked up those rays

Ah those really were the days

What a memory it is to me now

As I look back over time

To those beautiful days in Loxton!

The fat lip

I remember many years ago

How I was ashamed to show

My face in public you know

I had taken a blow to my lip!

It swelled up and grew

Looked awful I’m telling you

It was all black and blue

Yes my poor old fat lip!

A friend came around

He saw my fat lip and knew

Things were not going well

I was already living in hell

Before we’d married it’s true!

I remember something

My father had said to him

“You can’t hit her until you are married”

I think it was meant as a joke but

Ask any bloke and he’ll tell you

“It’s ok to give her a few!

“She probably deserved it!”

Yes even his best mate had a view

“Just give her a slap

If she gives you crap!”

Well thanks a lot guys but I disagree

If you can’t win her with love

Given from God in heaven up above

Then you blokes just don’t deserve her!

Scared Silly

It’s amazing how sometimes a silly prank

Can really backfire: cause a huge scare

We’d arrived in Kingston-on-Murray years ago

We were waiting outside the little shop

A family friend thought he’d play a joke

He snuck up to the open car window

He simply said “Boo” but what a to-do!

My two girls burst into terrified tears

Screaming in fear: yes it’s simple dear

After our fighting at home: we’d come

To escape for a while to Grandma’s place

I know he didn’t mean anything by it

But we’d been through a lot back then

Angry fights and yelling and screaming

So that’s all it took to have us all spooked

My poor little girls faces as we jumped in shock

As we looked around and finally too stock

It was a terrible time for us all back then

Yes it was something that will never ever leave us!

The Lioness

A few months ago as a joke: on Facebook

I asked people to respond to this:

“If I was arrested: what would it be for?”

My kids know how cranky I get

When I haven’t eaten yet

So of course that’s what they said

“Hitting someone when she’s hungry!”

Of course they all thought it a big joke

But another friend said of me

“For protecting her cubs!”

Well I wholeheartedly agree, Sandy

I will do anything to protect my kids!

Well close to anything I suppose!

But that’s just how it goes: a lioness

Will protect her cubs with her life

That’s just how I feel: that’s just me!

After putting up with so much

I am not willing to put up with any more!

I will stand up for what is right

Yes I will fight for my kids: my grandkids!

I am a lioness where they are concerned!

Just like daughter Vanessa too

She will stand up for justice

Stand up for what is right!

That protection instinct just kicks in!

So watch out guys; hear us roar!

It started before we married

It started before we married
I happened before I knew
The pain we caused each other
Those things that we would do
I knew things would go haywire
Just like a devilish witches brew
We said our vows in the church
We said "I do" walked past the pews
But already things were troubled
Already there seemed nothing I could do
Mum told me a story long ago
About her daughter crying out to her
Saying "I don't want to marry him!"
As she sat upon her knee
But it took a while for me to understand
That crying girl was me!
I couldn't remember that part
It was lost from my memory
But mum still remembers
Just like it was yesterday: you see
That's what stays in her mind
Even after all these long years
And it will for eternity!