Monday, 16 March 2020

Smile through the tears

Got to smile through the tears 
For you know, all through the years 
God is with us, to allay our fears 
He has saved us all...
By taking our sins to the cross
He has already suffered for our loss 

17 March 2015

Saturday, 14 March 2020

Around the world in 99 days

I sent the parcel early 
Aiming for Christmas time 
Hoping and a praying 
It would certainly arrive (on time) 
Tracking said they’d got it
Then it said “no way!”
I guess they got that wrong 
What more can I say?
Couldn’t find the address 
Couldn’t deliver it they said 
So it was sent around the world 
What a blasted mess! 
It’s been to Chile my darlings 
It almost got to you... 
Then it went flying off to France 
To Italy too; given half a chance 
Finally, it landed in Japan; on the way 
Oh, that really made my day...
Well it got back this morning
Much battered; fragile to say the least 
So I repacked every Christmas present 
Added a few birthday gifts too
And now; guess what? 
I’m sending it all back to you!
God willing it will make it
God willing it will fly true 
All the way to Chile my darlings 
All the way to you! 

Tuesday 10th March 2020


Living through the maze of life

There is always a beginning 
There will always be an end 
But stumbling through the rest 
Is going to be the real test 
So many little byways 
So many twists and turns
Don’t forget those roundabouts 
Or those crazy swinging burns 
Our lives never follow straight lines 
They ever seem to bend...
As we go on living we discover 
To our life’s very end...

7th March 2020

Always long and winding

Always long and winding 
Always a blessing to arrive 
This long journey called life 
Through pain, suffering we strive...

4th March 2016

Happy 60th Ian McKinnon

I wrote this just a few short years ago...
Happy 60th birthday Ian McKinnon

The years have passed 
Like silent shadows 
Yet still, our eyes do shine 
Hands clasped in friendship
Yours and mine...

4th February 2013

4/2/1953 - 18/10/18

It’s a sad time at Christmas

It’s a sad time at Christmas 
When your darlings have gone 
New Year feels no better 
As you start the new year alone 
Though memories do linger 
There is no physical touch 
Yes; the pain remains inside you 
It does not ever go away 
Though it may ease a little; true 
You must face another day... 
New Year is a new beginning 
Come what may; seize the day! 

1st January 2020

In memory of Roza (Szekeres) Szabo

Three years ago today you went away 
Three years ago you had to leave us
Quietly you slipped away my love
I’d like to think; up to heaven up above 
In my memories, you are still here with me 
That is as it will ever be; you are a part of us
Though I miss you so; I know you had to go...

I asked the carnations to bloom for you 
Seeing they were ever your favourites 
It is wonderful to see; one listened to me 
There is one very pretty pink carnation 
There among the Stocks; you loved their scent 
They still bloom for you too; ah heaven sent!
Whenever I smell them; I think of you too
They cheer me up when I am feeling blue...

Missing you my darling mum
Rest In Peace 

28th December 2019