Tiny Feet

Tiny feet mean so much

To hold gently and care for

To love and tenderly caress

Encourage along life`s way

Surround and then enclose

In protection, keep them safe

Care for them and heal them

From danger and harms hurts

Watch them grow and develop

Show them independence

Let them go without a tear

No more soft cotton wool

Good and healthy. fit and strong

All the love to live life through.

This poem was written on a scrap of card after I held my child and caress their feet in comfort. The feet in the poem represent that child and their journey through life, while they are growing up until they leave your care and start their next journey on their own.  Its hard to let your child go off and live their life for themselves.

Sadness

I feel I`m entering a tunnel

All dark, damp and bad

The sunshine has all gone now

There`s only hard times to be had.

With each step the darkness grows

Wrapping itself around my heart

The walls are closing in around me

It`s frightening that I`m falling apart.

Happiness and laughter seem far away

It`s cold and damp and dark in here

I`m tip toeing forward carefully

Sounds are so muffled, nothing clear.

What was sunny and bright around me

Seem nothing more than illusions

Reality has taken a hold

Now I have to find solutions.

Hoping there`s light at the end of the tunnel

I will tread slowly and with care

I need to get through this in one piece

Never more to dream...I swear !!!

This poem came about as a result of stressful and traumatic events in my life,  the tunnel was a changing point and once through, I was able to pick up my life again. It was a very dark time and I found it easier to put my feeling down in poetry than talking to people about it all.

Replenishment

Candles a light

Angels abound

Room full of scent

Peace all around

A chat is so good

When the company care

Warm cup of coffee

It helps when we share

No judgements are made

What ever is said

Comfort and kindness

It`s the heart that is fed

When all is at peace

Without and within

Step into the world

New life to begin.

I wrote this poem after I went to a healing session and found it very helpful

I felt that I could step out into the world again and not feel scared.

Colours of Bereavement

A quiet moment to ponder

to think things through and see

the kaleidoscope of life

is bearing down on me

the colours that were first seen

after that dreadful day

were all so foreboding

like dark blacks and grey

a shaft of light has started

to peep through stormy skies

black begins to turn to blues

that`s what happens after someone dies

as despair starts to slip away

the colours change again

greens and reds begin to show

does this also happen to men?

anniversaries come and go

the light is getting stronger

colours twist and change again

more brighter tones stay longer

oranges and pinks now show

a smile upon my face

whites and creams are appearing next

and a spring is in my pace

if you could see me now, my love

you`d see a different person

bright colours all around me now

as I know that I can carry on.

This poem was written about 5 years after my husband, Steve, died, and shows that I have come through the tough bereavement and can smile again.  Though Steve has died, he is still with my always. 

This poem is the final poem about my feelings after this loss and I have now put them all together in a book and hope that it will be printed one day soon.

© Lissie Bull 2010

Don`t mess with me or .........

Hell and brim stone

Fire and damnation

Raging hot tar pits

These are the things

The savagery

I have enemies to blitz

Skin them alive

Watch them suffer

Boil them to bits

Clear the path bare

Eradicate them

They`re getting on my tits

Now that they`re gone

I can celebrate

Down at the glitzy Ritz !!


I was feeling angry and wanted to rant and rave
But I just couldn`t be bothered,
So this poem just flowed.... all I can do now is laugh !!!

Anger

Hatred, pain and frustration

Are the order of the day

Nothing good

Nothing right

What ever I have to say.

Fighting, yelling and punching

Lashing out at everyone

Need to shout

Want to hit out

There`s always pain from someone

What ever I say, it`s wrong

What ever I do. it`s bad

Only pain

Comes my way

All around me makes me sad.

The anger`s getting worse now

I don`t know what will happen

Got to win

Make it work

Life`s got to be good again.

Coffee Time

Sat here with my cup of latte

Watching the world as it goes by

Wondering whats on peoples minds

Totally absorbed..wow..the time does fly

Some people smile and say hello

Other seem to be in such a haste

I imagine what they are doing

Meetings, affairs, what have they faced?

Some sit and slowly stir their coffees

One texting..a loved one maybe..

Others chatting, they`ve so much to say

It`s enjoyable, to sit and see !

Quiet music in the background

Sets the mood and helps time to flow

Gentle murmurs of all the voices

Watching people, pass by, then go !!

Copyright Lissie Bull 2011

Woodland

Dappled sunlight flickers through the branches

Specks of dust and leaves floating in the breeze

A blanket of silence fills the forest air

Broken only, as a startled deer flees.

The forest floor is carpeted in blue

As I slowly walk along the wooded way

Birds and animals active all around me

Never seen, but watching me as they play.

A set of wings fly silently passed me

As with elegance, the creature glides on

Only the movement of air is left behind

Before you know it, the spectacle is gone.

The sudden crack of a twig beneath my foot

Sounds so loud amongst the woodland scene

It echoes around the many ancient trees

Silence wrapping it up in forest green.

© Lis Bull 2012

Silence

Silence is golden

Or so they say

But I see silence

In a silver way

Silence is peaceful

Shining bright

Refreshingly good

Sparkling with light

Muffling the sounds

All around

So you`re left in peace

Harmony is found

Floating on air

Wondering

Whether this will last

I`m still pondering.

Mornings.....!

Bright lights shining through my curtains

The whole sky full of vibrant hues

Birds chirping with the dawn`s chorus

I`m laying here, just wanting to snooze.

The colours of the sky have changed now

Awakening to the full rays of the sun

I am ready for what is thrown at me

Hope it`s full of laughter and fun.

My daffodils are flowering in the kitchen

My tulips are blooming in the front yard

The sun beats down upon my shoulders

The garden`s looking just like a postcard.

Sweet aroma of fresh coffee fills the air

The crunch of toast as I sit and eat

The morning paper rests beside me

My start of the day is now complete.

9^th March 2012

© Lis Bull 2012