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Alone and lost

I cried one day because I was lost
The tears fell down like a holocaust
I could see no end I could see no light
My heart beat slow I gave up the fight

Someone touched my heart and said a prayer
And my eyes closed from their fatal stare
I felt no pain I felt no fear
I knew now that the end was near

I shared a kiss and closed my eyes
It's time to go and leave my ties
Goodbye my friends and don't despair
You touched my life and made me care

The darkness falls and shrouds my past
But I know the dark won't last
I don't need to worry I don't need to fight
I'll just carry on towards the light

Hello dad it's been a long time
You look really good, you look just fine
what's that you say "it'll be ok"
I know dear dad, cos you'll show me the way.

Mum.......... death's a funny thing.

Running through the rainbow is difficult you see
For rainbows come and rainbows go they shine for you and me
They are happy little rainbows, of different colours too
When you smile upon your face, the rainbow shines for you
So when you take your goodness and follow the rainbow code
Keep that laughter going down, colour rainbow road
And you my friend are a gifted type to whom the poem I send
The lucky ones are the ones my friend, who find the rainbows end.

Tomorrow is the day I take my final test
Tomorrow is the day i'm gonna look my best
Tomorrow is the day my sweetheart visits me
Tomorrow is the day I give my heart for free

Tomorrow is the day i`ll bend down on one knee
Tomorrow is the day i`ll say "darling marry me"
Tomorrow is the day i`ll pray for cupids bow
and hope my darling loved one doesn't stand right up and go

True friends share a lot of things
Their love and secrets kept
They help each other when they`re down
And when they`ve cried and wept
These are the little things in life
That can't be bought or taken
This is a gift for those of you
Who don't want to be forsaken
You share a lot of things with freinds
They`re there when things get tough
They hold you up when you are down
And talk about special stuff
But most of all the love they share
Is really something magic
They`ll go out their way to be by you
Even if its tragic

   A surprise

A couple of poems I wrote for a bird forum.

The Clever Bullfinch

Going to work and feeling so fine
He came to the platform in order to dine
A flick of a tail and a flash of his red
The Bullie didn't mind he was always well fed
The Bullie flashed through, full of his grace
Suddenly stopping and seeing the face
There was another who, was part of this race
Red breast and bold he hid with no trace
The Bullie pounced from limb to limb
From tree to tree but couldn't see him
Then out from the dark as quick as a flash
Came a Robin cock who snatched at his stash
The Bullie had never seen such a thing
He was taken aback so took off on the wing
The Robin laughed and swallowed down his prize
As he sat in the bush all proud and so wise
It was so easy, as one, two and three
To steal the stuff from the Bullie in the tree
From afar he heard the Bullie pipe out
"Im not that stupid and left where you sat"
As the Robin looked round he was swallowed by a cat
The Bullie cock flicked away from the scene
To where it was safe, to where it was green
His mate of two years was gathering some hair
when Bullie approached from out of thin air
"Is the area clear, do we have much to fear?"
"Theres no other birds here the areas clear"
And with a click of his bill he kissed her, peck peck
And she nuzzled her head into the nape of his neck.

The Long Tailed Tit

It took a while six weeks in all
To create the nest, a feathered ball
Six thousand feathers jammed together
In sun and rain, all kinds of weather
The tail flicked in the springtime sun
As mrs tit had finished her fun
It was time now to sit on down
In the quiet hedges in this quiet old town
Sitting quiet as still as a mouse
She laid her nine eggs in her little ball house
And while all was quiet things did stir
As the cock bird sat now fully aware
Green catapillers a plenty, to gather for food
To feed the now growing hungriest brood
Little heads popped out to see the world clearer
As the longies grew and time grew more nearer
Nine little pinkies darting the trees
like bells on the bushes, like bumblebees knees
The winters approaching and all is quite still
apart from the noises of the long tailed tits trill

Bare Cheek

As I walked through the forest
I heard a small moan
And then from the clearing
I heard a great groan
There in the woods a couple made love
I crouched down beside them and watched from above
I stared in amazement at the cheek of it all
How could he do that, how doesn't he fall
I've never seen this before in all of my life
it was my next door neighbour on top of my wife!!

IN BYGONE TIMES

In bygone times when snow came down
It lay about like sheets of white
Doth they minutes grow long
Whilst ploughing thy feet
Amidst the dreary black soot
Soars the steam of production
O where o where has my snow gone
Thy call it global warming
I call it destruction

will thou ever be free
Not likely gov you're stuck ere with me........

MY SALAD CREAM BUTTY

Salad cream is scrumptious i`d eat the stuff all day
On salads ,buns,and hotdogs i`d eat it right way
I would put it on my sandwiches and on my biscuits too
I'd squirt it on my finger, this is a must to do
There's simply no sauce better, ketchup is pretty neat
But when I buy my salad cream it's delivered in a fleet
Vans and vans of salad cream line the tree lined streets
And everybody watches as the men deliver my treats
I gorge myself on this liquid sauce I have it for my dinner
And as I say it's just the best it simply is a winner

THE SECRET LIFE OF A TEENAGE BULLY

Whispers are just secrets that people tell their friends
They tell them of their hardships and of all their true lifes bends
But whispers turn to shouts when other people know
It's when you find true meanings and when to stand and go
When people hurt your feelings and call you a silly name
You know you are the better person, it's you who is the fame
For they are just the jealous type who start all of the fights
Who make you sit at home through all those lonely nights
Forget what people call you ,and get on with your life
For it's always the ones who call you who have the hardship and the strife
For the pretence is popularity of which they are at first
But everyone see`s through them and they become the worst
So remember this my friends when your sitting on your own
You brought all this upon yourselves ,you took away the bone
And if you tease and hurt people along our crooked path
Then your the one who's funny, to me your just a laugh
To end this ode i'll leave you with this, a simple fact
It's better to be friends and make a friendship pact
For when your sitting all alone and wondering what went wrong
Just remember what this says and it will not take you long
To find out who you really are and what you exist here for
It's for peace and warmth and loving and not to bring us war
So if you want a lot of friends who respect and tell you truths
Take care of each other and respect the other youths

WHERE ON EARTH

where oh where did these come from ,I really want to know
I've seen these wings before somewhere so will you tell me so.
Did they fall to earth today from the skies above somehow
Or are they gifts for me to use so I might fly off now
I've been sick some lately and my mummy she seemed to cry a lot
She sat up all night with me and held a great big shiney pot
I was so sad and I held my mummys hand and fell asleep
The house was really quiet as my mummy began to weep
I thought of all the pain I had and how it just disapeared
It's been strange you see the way ive healed it really is quite weird
The golden man he came to me all shining through the light
And said I should take the wings cause I had given up the fight
I don't know where my mummys gone but I feel her love on me
The man said she is missing me but now i'm really free
He said I could go visit her when I fly up like a dove
And heal all her sorrow and give her all my love
I`ll visit her this evening no matter what the weather
And lay down right beside her and leave her one white feather
For it is said that happiness is when you know true love
And recieve a gift of happiness from an angel up above

MY MUM

There is nothing quite like a Mother
They are there morning, noon and night
They help you with your homework
They calm you when you fight
They make sure your coat is buttoned up
And they get you there on time
They kiss you when your feeling low
And they comfort you so fine.
I really love my mother
She is the sparkle in my eye
I wish my Dad could still be here
And kiss my Mum goodbye.

KICK ABOUT

I kicked about in the dirt when I was young
I sat and played with the bubbles in the tar
The roads got hot and hummed their own song
I stayed by my house and I never went far

Following the bread van, we jumped on for that ride
All the kids did, it was that nostalgia thing
Breaking down the barriers and playing five a side
Playing allarlio and ring a ding ding

But those things have gone now
It was a hell of a time in those days
I'm all grown now, I made it somehow
And believe it or not I still believe in those ways

I'm married now with four kids of my own
I sit and watch as the kids play the same
Sometimes I smile and sometimes I moan
But all in all deep down I know, it's just a game

The Swift 

Somehow, somewhere, sometime
The Swift comes in on the rain and the thunder
He watches wild, with his twists and his turns
Catching flies and midges amid the clouds
Darting about like an arrow at dusk
amid the screams and the pain the others all feel
Never tiring never faltering
The swift is as steely as the cold mist at dawn
Black as Jet it pounds the beams
Along the skyline it bounds the line
No time for fun the sky holds the food
On to the next, no time like now.

The Dance

Upon the hill stood the dancer
He stood proud and tall
Amid the other howls and cries
He stepped the fandango
The chicks spun round
To the swish of his tail
The click of his claws
And the crest of his hair
The knobbly, knoll
The shimmering hill
will never forget
The capercallies twirl

The Heron

In the light of the sunshine
Or by the light of the moon
There stands so silently
On the edge of the lagoon
A bird of such cunning
You think it was dead
It stands dead as a door post
Without moving it's head
Then all of a sudden
with a glint in it's eye
It darts fourth from the stillness
And grabs the small fry.
Away in the distance
You can see it fly away
Until maybe tomorrow
Or some other day
When you will be out walking
With your dog on the lead
When you might catch a glimpse
Of a Heron in the reed

The Wren

While foraging through the undergrowth
I came across a wren
With big brown eyes and short stubby tail
I decided to name him Ben
He jumped about and shreaked at me
all the time I cut through the bramble
My advance on him I suppose
Was a little of a gamble
I stopped in my tracks at the small round ball
Of leaves and mossey substances
Six little faces looked out at me
Each one giving short quick glances
I backed up and made my way back through the wood
To the noise of tick tac tac
I would have liked to stay some more
But I am sure I would be misunderstood
To the bird I was a predator
The meanest of them all
The Wren had won and chased me off
He stood his ground so tall
He watched me as I walked away
Tail cocked and full of glee
I Looked back at such a small bird
Who had got the better of me
I shouted back through the path I had made
Goodbye Ben it's been a pleasure
I will call back again
When the chicks come out
Your wrath won't be as good a measure

The Pied Flycatcher

With a swish of his tail
He flew in off the twig
With fly in his mouth
He gulped it down in one swig

All you can see
Is a blur, black and white
As he flashes his tail
From morning till night

The Sand Martin

Along the banks of glistening sand
I blocked the sun with the back of my hand
ten or more birds darted from here and there
I wish I had brought my camera, some pictures to share

In and out of the bank they flew
With insects in beak all darted on cue
Poised and like lightening they swarmed at the bank
With all the holes in the wall, they were quite top rank

The noise was quite deafening as the frenzy went on
As sudden as it had started, they all had just gone
Deep in their holes they had vanished for the day
As the sun on the horizon, to the sky did give way

As night drew in on the big wall of sand
I wiped off the sweat with the back of my hand
And made my way back to the path which would take me on home
I turned just the once to look back at that dome

While walking back to my car I did hear
Whispering, whistling noises in my right ear
Was it the Martins ? I really must confess
I turned and said "Good night Sand Martins, good night and God bless

The silent Saparrowhawk

A Blackbird stood tall, tail cocked high
On a fence at the edge of a wood
Singing his tune for his mate of 2 years
He would stay with her forever if he could

Ears pricked she could hear her mate call
She danced and she danced upon the tree branch
She listened to the tune as her mate sang so sweet
She knew his tune so well he sang it so tall

Then she heard nothing, all was suddenly still
She sprang to the wood edge, but nothing could she see
Just a few feathers lay around on the floor
and a flick of the tail going over the hill

A Place in my heart

I had a little siskin her name was whistleywoo
She would come and take a mealworm
And I loved her through and through

I loved that little siskin
I was sure she knew my name
I would give her little tit bits
She really loved to play the game

One day I found her on the floor
She just lay there behind the door
I never got to say goodbye
I didn't even seem to try

I loved my little siskin
She gave me lots of Joy
She never laid any eggs for me
She must have been a boy

PART 2

I got a brand new Siskin
I called her Twiddley do
I'm gonna love this little Siskin
I'm gonna love it through and through

I put a little nest pan in
To tempt her on her way
She picked at the coconut fibre
But in the end she chose to use the hay

She has built her little cup nest
And lined it with some quicko
But the cock is not exactly blessed
his name must be Hommer "oh doh"

He just sits there and watches
He doesn't care and sits in his little pen
she sulks and winks and tries everything
BUT HE IS IN LOVE WITH ANOTHER HEN

The Song bird

A bird sat on my window sill
And sang a tune heavenly and sweet
I noticed a great big pussy cat
Creaping by it's feet

Just then the cat jumped up and grabbed at it's wings
The songbird just laughed and still it just sings
The cat lost it's teeth trying that gymnastic
Silly old cat you can't eat that bird
It's totally made of plastic

While I pondered

I sat down at the side of the stream
To contemplate life, to have a day dream
I spotted a wagtail on the opposite side
Amidst the gnats and the heather

I couldn't decide which was draining my will
The coloured kingfisher or the huge daffodil
So I just sat in the sun and played on the thought
That it was great to be sat here in this kind of weather

Tomorrow it may change

Tomorrow it may change when I think of all my birds
Tomorrow it may change but then it's only words
Tomorrow it may change when I swap a bully hen
Tomorrow it may change But I don't really know when
Tomorrow it may change If I get that better bird
Tomorrow it will change I feel such a nerd
Tomorrow it may change when I buy a brand new cage
Tomorrow it may change these things put me in a rage
Tomorrow may not change at all I seem to have it cracked
Tomorrow I know will never come I know it is a fact

Something so strange

As I sat in my little room
A twig fell down like a broken broom
I looked about but there was nobody there
And then again there was another big boom
I spun around to the sound of a brick
Coming down the chimney just like the stick
I went outside to see what was wrong
There on the roof was a Jackdaw in song
I looked up at the bird and with all of my wack
I shouted hey Jackdaw get offer my stack
The bird just sat there and pecked at the brick
When all of a sudden out jumped a chick
Well I had never seen such a thing
As the parents led the young around in a ring
They took flight there and then
And I never seen that Jackdaw ever again

The steely woodpecker

I watched a while in a crowded wood
A woodpecker flew down to where I stood
Red capped head and stealy eyes
It looked at me in my pool of mud
I blinked just once and it was gone
From wence it stood the sunshine shone
It left a feather of pure red and green
For me to see where it had been
I looked around for that woodpecker cock
But all I got was a ratter tat knock

Winter time

In winter time the birds all flock
In single birds and in a huge block
They swarm about in search of food
Unlike spring there's a different mood
The food has gone, the place is bare
Unlike the summer with lot's to share
It's do or die time in the wilds of snow
Unlike Autumn when the leaves all glow
Now everything's quiet in the world of frost
When the young all sit alone, barren and lost
Things will change at the end of the cold
When they all pair together as one in their fold

As a moment goes by

Far away in a place where it's quiet
A man stood tall and free from the power
In silence and calm he took a breath
walked back and sighed
He felt the hand on his shoulder
And turned to a smile
There is no where more I would rather be
She looked on over the picturesque mountains
They held hands and sat down in the solitude
amidst sun in the east and the moon in the west
Two people were one in their own drifting mood
"Do you want fries with your big mac?" said the man
The moment was gone!!

Why not kill a Ronald today? And save space

A Fresh Perspective

walking the chain of life
Becomes a chore sometimes
The struggle never seems to end
Normality is further away again and again
Wanting, needing and running away
Everything is in our hearts
And everyone has a heart of gold somewhere
Look deep inside and something will stir
Precious moments, kids being born
Don't give up hope, it is all a stage
Panic, stress, moments of sorrow
Things to stir your will to change
Laugh, cry, shrug it all off
you were once a child with no cares
So live the life of the careless few
And breathe the fresh smell of life

River of belief

My river of belief
flows through my soul
Now and again I lose sight
So I am told
I don't mean to
I am just blinded by my own thoughts

Things

A January start is a reason to change
Full of luck and will, so turn another page
Go about here and there, gathering messages
Filling out passages, near and far out of range
Take some time to think about all the things
we take for granted like birds and things
The cold bites hard on the creatures that scurry
We don't really care much it isn't our worry
So the next time you walk out and about
share a thought for the things that make our life
whistle a tune or stand in the park
And take notice of Squirrels, ducks and the lark
One chance you get to make this life work
So help out the things and don't just stand and smirk
Try to look out for the spiders and flies
Instead of persisting to the what's and the why's

A Tear in the box

Close to home I need to be
Safe and warm with the rug beneath my feet
Wrapped in my sweater a gift from the heart
From my sweatheart who died near on 1 year
A tear I weep every year at this time
For the girl of my dreams whom I miss
Some people say I am a very sad man
But I am so happy inside this day in June
For I knew and I loved and felt good
People come and people go but your life is a lonely one
Cry for the people, lost who you loved and cared for
Don't look back on days gone by for there will be plenty ahead
Just picnic your thought's on the good times
And feel the wind on your face and your hands
Place a penny on the table and the tear in a box
Smile at the mirror and the smile will come back 

One mans thoughts

Windswept woods and fields ahead
Stood between me and my loved one
I crossed the headlands on my journey
Pitching here and there for rests
Tomorrow may come if I lead ahead
Toy soldiers are different they stand tall
The baynettes thrust hard and deep
slayed in this battle I will not fear
But my loved one will pay the price
Come down the wrath of kings and Queens
as the battle rages and people are brave
chariots of steel and boulders so strong
Fend off the wheels and cogs of the advancement
Peace will draw near as war falls
And my loved one will hear my words again
Something tells me things are not good
Friends fall and friends cry out in pain
The battle names will be hung as a symbol
My loved one will hear my cries today
Love me for who I am and not for what I do.

A moment in time

Still is the breeze on the little mouse whiskers
Butterfly wings drift through the fields
Hummingbirds hum and bees stop and stare
At the magic, ....... moment in time

My lovers eyes sparkle as she kisses my cheek
I look at her deeply with passion and fire
Holding hands we just sit and watch for a while
At the magic, ....... moment in time

The water cascades down through the mountainous trees
The hills roll back with the clouds in the shade
My heart skips a beat as I look at my wife
At the magic, ....... moment in time

Time just stands still as we kiss in our world
Everything pauses and catches on fire
Our lips part for a breathe, as we look in our eyes
At the magic, ....... moment in time

The wind blows a tune through the wispiest grass
My lover cuddles me for all that it's worth
I smile at her face which glistens and glows
In our magic moment in time.

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