Life
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Happy birthday to me 60 has set me free To be wonderfully me! Letting go of responsibility Loving you all unconditionally Dancing around ridiculously Embracing life’s frivolity Singing free and joyfully Laughing fun raucously Swimming bliss nakedly Living life zestility Full of new born energy Welcome To the new GrannieBee Read more
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So, as I pass through my old life On a slow moving train A murmur of memories Pop in and out again Some of them linger Some of them a while Some cause me heartache Most make me smile I seem so detached It catches me by surprise It’s like I’m looking Through another’s eyes… Read more
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Above this very special place I feel the call of the Incan king And his Quechuan people What magic did this place hold? A sun worshipping sanctuary A monastery for the celestial empire Where sun and stars and earth join Inti Huatana Where for a moment on just one day They tied the sun down… Read more
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I feel the grip of Western greed Wrapping it’s cheating arms Around this simple Incan culture Young people living in social media Yearning for the bright city lives Leaving their heritage and language at home Too seek a so called fortune in the Western world But the fortune lies here in your Mother Earth Quilla… Read more
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It’s a visual feast Pictures only tell part of our story Travelling through the sacred valley Basic homes, many half built My Western lens is tinged with guilt That our two countries are worlds apart Yet part of the same world, it tears my heart Hand to mouth, a basic life Farm to fork, or… Read more
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Randy Yeti or lying toad Bojo Blowjo it’s the end of the road Brexit done, tick? What the fuck? It’s a pile of muck Covid champions? Out of lockdown first? But we did worst People died Don’t you care Families bereft everywhere Climate crisis Fuel crisis Food crisis NHS crisis Tory glory? That’s not the… Read more
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Time stands still The wild Atlantic waves Beating an incessant rhythm The crunch of my footsteps Like the beat of my heart Finding a path Birds come and go A wrecked ship stays forever Reminding us of the perils of the ocean But today, it is just the sea, the beach and me Utter tranquility Read more
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I pause to listen as skylarks scold And try to smell the houses of old I can almost smell the rough wood smoke And hear the chatter of crofting folk Ruins of crofts lazy by the lane Achingly beautiful, hauntingly alone Telling the story of the arrogant Duke Clearing crofters away from their home Evicted… Read more
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Stationary cars, but you can sense the air of anticipation A line of almost matching motorhomes in perfect formation Cyclists arrive breathing heavily and flushed Rushed One hill too many to get here I imagine An ambulance waits on the corner Hundreds of stories Coming together for one journey And then we part again to… Read more
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Even indoors it feels cold We have left the warmth and drought of an early summer behind us in Sussex Braved the heavy rain and an icy wind To walk through this Scottish town Sensing the beauty from the windswept sea And feeling truly English We check the weather forecast again It still says Rain Read more
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How can you Stand up anywhere And expect us to believe you Where’s your respect for the people Vote Brexit you said And fuel bills would decrease The NHS would be rich And we’d look after the fish in the sea Lies Well fuck you Bojo I’ve completely lost my Mojo Fuel bills paralysing those… Read more
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Pause Reset Rest awhile Where will your footprints be remembered? Tread lightly where you can There is no other land Read more
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I try to imagine the darkeness The hunger The despair But I can’t I’m not there Is there acceptance of death Is there comfort from others? Is there anger? Such stark contrast from this bright spring day Food on my plate and family not far away Does love hold you tight as you slip away?… Read more
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The world on a seesaw Perfectly balanced Between dark and light Masculine, feminine Inner and outer But as tomorrow dawns Light will defeat dark Nature is emerging from her long winter sleep Coming alive as the Sun gains strength As the days become longer and warmer And we plant seeds To harness the exuberance of… Read more
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Expectant as the Earth awakes Promises, renewal, rebirth Life forces stirring beneath our feet Hope comes with returning light As birds find their voice in the wakening wood We call to Brigid to heal our hearts To open our arms to the strengthening Sun Come sit alone with your thoughts in the woods Breathe deep… Read more
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I feel the power of the land speaking I feel the Earth asking for love I hold her in my arms weeping Knowing that Ive not done enough Tell to your daughters to hold on to the hope Tread gently on the bare soil of the land Worship the sun, the moon and the seasons… Read more
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My world shrunk after your accident I moved Through Anger and fear, love and hope From carer to entertainer to worrier I became more risk averse Could I? I saw grit and determination Willpower and strength We grew together And our world opened up To a whole new vista Gone were the long cycle rides… Read more
Between the Fires: verses of earth and moon 