The new chapter....

Autumn
Winter soon
Then we'll be in our new home
Start a fresh
Start again
Load that truck
A wish good luck
Planning, digging
Planting, drilling
changing, re-arranging
Spending, intending
watching it take form
watching it grow
the colours
the contrasts
white shimmer or snow?
yearning for all that it takes
learning from our mistakes
My space, your space
Klooks always takes first place
with style and grace
and a cheeky face
out with the old
in with the new
Everything white?
A splash of grey or blue?
Everything looks great
Minimalist, over compensate
deep breath - contemplate!
Resisting those urges
The bargains
The splurges
and we've only just begun
battles lost and won
back to square one
exciting and hopefully still as much fun....
or maybe even more!

Dreams...

I find myself remembering a time
As if only yesterday,
Where I was standing,
The colour of the sky
My thoughts
My feelings
Where I was supposed to be
I wonder if the phone box is still there?
If it still takes coins?
Is my name still engraved?
Has it eroded with time?
Or hasn't been written?
Waiting...
Time, ideas, aspirations
The music
The lyrics
The innocence...
when my mind drifted forward
a decade or two
and dreamed of today
things I'd achieved
the rights I'd wronged
the roads, the journeys
how we mapped our destinies
free, yet determined
Friends come and go
and take some brain cells
leave some memories
but far more than we care to remember
In a moment -
half a lifetime
In a lifetime - half a moment
and it slips by...
and my mind drifts forward again
to another space
the dreams, ideas, aspirations
and Time

The small things...

Forgiven, forgotten
Destructive emotions from the past
Dwelling, festering, you don't let go
We've walked this road before
I had forgotten
You reminded me
I thought we shut the door
You brought it back for more
Tell me a story
Brightness or dull grey?
Tomorrow? Yesterday or Today?
Writing to forget
or always remember?
Setting out on a trek, you don't look back
Counting your steps
or planning the next?
Too much to expect
Even when the finish line is ahead
and it's not time to attack
submission
attrition
no admission at all
and always conditional

Nothing ever changes, yet Nothing stays the same...

9 to 5
24/7
Weekends
11:11
add up the numbers
2+2=4?
Can you be sure?
I don't know anymore
Pretty words that flow together
The poet's pen
Marked with a feather
The Danube that goes on forever and ever
Entertain us
Throw money at you
Under your spell
Understanding not too well
Believe your words that contradict our thoughts
Practise what I preach
Preach what you practise
and let me look through the smiles
and glint in their eye
emotional intelligence - I don't think so
Can we trust or know?
Move on and grow?
Fantasize
Psycho-analyse
to everyone's surpise, we take the cues
and before you know it
we've picked and choose
used and abused
and the days role into one
we're back to square one
still laughing at your gags
and you're counting the Tags
and nothing ever changes
yet nothing stays the same....

Thank you...

On the other side of the world
I spied another time
when blood flowed through the veins
the same blood as mine

Little did they know
their actions
set the wheels in motion
for far across the oceans
the causal effect that has led to dreams
and if one thing changed,
it may have never been

They encountered the storms
and declared war on ourselves
hiding below in the shelter
we held each other tight
yet it was I who flew above you
and put out the city's light

Each passing moment
every little glance
future's dependent
on a one in a million chance

We've defeated the odds
and destiny has spoken
and it all became clear
my mind was awoken

and I walked out of that cinema
at the other end of the world
I still remember the dark and gloomy skies
the tears in my eyes,
as they were opened
immortalised
to realise
everything that happened
has led me to here
the chain of events
from a long gone year

I wish I could hear your stories
and tell them to my child
Listen, understand the explanations
pass them down for generations

My sincere thanks for everything you've done
I'm sure you're looking down fondly at what has become,
and I hope you are proud to call me your son...

All in the blink of an eye

It started with a play on emotions
Grew into devotion
We knew to make it happen our lives would never be the same
We took a chance
on the bumpy road of romance
and a spark became a flame

Got caught in the middle
My guitar played second fiddle
and wrote you a song
I knew where I belonged
and that's where I'll be
drew a picture of the past
and made it our tomorrrows
I didn't promise the stars
or the moon in the sky
or even pretend I was a secret spy
but you still loved me

Little did I know
those yesterdays become today
those dreams
and schemes
and rolling the dice
the hard times
the tears of laughter
before and after
all in the blink of an eye

Tick Tock

Waiting on the train
running late again
looking out the window
watching the rain
desperately trying to understand the exhausting pain
so nobody will know
and we'll all blend in again
Everyone has a mission
with a vacant stare
without a second glance
the doors open
we turn to the next page
the next chapter...
and we are back to the beginning
and the words are strangely familiar
yet there are things that make me wonder
just a sound
a thought
a word
a laugh
a smile
to realise what is important in our lives
to step off the train
to feel the rain
and everything else doesn't matter
and everyone else doesn't matter
and for a moment
there isn't any deadlines
there isn't any bills
there isn't any pain
and we make it back in time
to do it all again

Something Else......

Just an extra post to remind myself how lucky I am to have a wonderful family...
The best Wife and Daughter any man could want to have.
I love you both so much
xxx

Time for your Pay Review... Thanks anyway!

Holding on
Letting go
Taking advice
Everyone knows best
Yesterday's gone
Do we ever know?
Paying the price
Same mistakes as the rest

Seasons changing
Old ideas made new
Minds re-arranging
Fooling but few

You're pursuing self-praise
Intentions a haze
Justifying your worth
And value on earth
Making decisions your not meant to make
Repercussions immense, will prove you're a fake...
Smoke and mirrors
We can see straight through
Before too long it will catch upn you

Can you see the Moon?

Can you hear the sound in the rain?
Can you feel the heat in your breath?
The warmth of the air
Dance to that song in your mind
and smile at the moon in the sky
You see it right before you,
you close your eyes it's there
to understand
the imagination
the adoration
the exploration
to believe that all things can be
through the eyes of a child

She came into our lives
she took our hands
looked into our eyes
and we knew we would never be the same again

So many dreams to be dreamed
and it's all about you,
and only the best will do...
but there's so much time for that
as now you are our little star
like the one you saw tonight
learning, growing,
laughing, loving
and we cherish each moment
knowing you can get away
with anything with such style
with your cheeky little smile
the one that makes our day -
takes all other thoughts away
and bringing back feelings from my own childhood
long forgotten,
but I'm sure now back for good
All thanks to you

Welcome

Where have you been?
I have been waiting for some time
knew one day you would be back...
family now, a gorgeous daughter
new life, beautiful wife
all grown up
no time for games,
yet now it all begins -
progression from the pen to typing with 2 fingers
and the inspiration lingers...
and never really went anywhere
but we've caught up with the second hand
and don't even need a band.
I remember the times we got through together
in the back of my mind
words on a page
brought to life on the stage
what's done is done
the best is yet to come
We have so much to catch up on