A Right Brain Mind in a Left Brain World (2 page)

So every day I pray
I pray you’ll stay beside me
And keep me from god’s door
But you assure me readily
You love me even more
More now than many moons

Through every hill we’ve climbed
The good times and bad times
You never seem to mind
So my love I thank you
From the bottom of my heart

And wish for you a valentine
Filled with love and laughter
Let this be our starter
Our main course and desert
And after let us linger
Let us not lift a finger

As we relax in our love
And thank god above
For the moments we have shared
That we have dared to
Continue to be paired

My valentine is you
I’ll stay forever true
To your love

To My Funny Valentine,

Mr. G.

I walked along the beach today
To watch the footprints in the sand
Remember it’s what we used to do
Then we'd wish we were in another land
We'd climb up into the dunes
To check out the castle ruins
Where we would pretend to be of court
As we bowed to the castle knights
While giggling with all our might
We'd stay there until night would call
Never once did we have a fight
Then one day you did not come
Your mum said she thought
you'd had too much sun
But days and days had passed
And I didn't understand why
You said you were tired all the time
And I just told you, you were a whine
I was gonna find another friend
One who wasn't going to stay in bed
You cried I wouldn't listen to your plea’s
At home that day my mother sat me down
She told me how you were dreadfully sick
How I had to be ready to say goodbye
I cried and cried
I promise god I'd be good for the rest of my days
Just as long as he didn't take you away
My friend I loved so dear
My mother took me on a trip
To a place I'd never been before
The smell it made my tummy sick
As I felt my heart begin to pound
A lady all dressed in white
Showed us to your door
She said we must be quite
But when I caught that first sigh of you
I went and held your hand
You whispered my name
You sounded just the same
We talked about the beach
And how I'd always find you there
In the footprints in the sand
And then you closed your eyes
You just whispered goodbye
I tried so hard not to cry
And as I watched you die
You whispered to me
Remember footprints in the sand
That’s where I'll always be

You the best friend a girl could ever have

Oh do come and meet Millie
People say she's a little odd
But I'm sure I don't know why

She holds her head up very high
Indignant you might say
For she loves a scratch upon her chin
And if you don't it's such a sin
She likes to have her milk served cold.
Of course if not I'm awful bold
She's very fussy about her food
Or gets into an awful mood
Liver and Chicken and she's such a kitten
Guine or foul and she's starts to howl
But a companion, you could not have better
She's loyal and true and belongs just to you

So Millies here to stay if she has her way

There is a friend
Who needs a shoulder
How I wish I could be there
Because I really care
Life is hard what with all it's knocks
It can rock you off your socks
And you wish from here
You could blow a kiss
That would land upon her cheek
So she'd know that you were there
That you did really care
I'd love to take away her burden
And grant her with some peace some ease
Lift that worry down off her shoulder
To free her from her heavy load
So she can breath and see that it is not she
Who must decide and she must abide with
The challenge set out by those
Whos work it is to solve the situation

As our friendship grows just know
We are there and we care if you need to share.

The storm blows through
Everything is topsy torvy
Mood change mood swings
Can I have a moment here
Totally ignored nothing new
Late night wait and wait
Explanation a shrug of shoulders
Doors bang music blares
Footsteps pound on the stairs
Will this nightmare ever end
Long time now has passed us by
All's long gone and forgotten
And one day you hang your head and say
How difficult kids are today
We turn and smile of memories
Not long gone but not forgotten

I am a lady of lost love
Twice over now some years
I ask God why he took from me
The loves I held so dear

But I've had no reply
On how they had to die
Or why it had to be me
Did I not love them strong enough

Was I wrong to want them to stay
Was it wrong for you to take them away
Who is right and who is wrong
Why did you take so long

Leaving me all alone
In this oh so empty home
What now should I do
I suppose it’s up to you

Why can't you take me too
I wonder what way I'd go
But it would make a mighty show
Of parents who really care

But know I wouldn’t dare
So I'll say a little prayer
You'll wait for me
It might take a little while

And one day you'll hold a hand out to me
And I'll take it its home for me
At the end of my days
Starts a new beginning

For the boys and I

Sweetness and light
Blue eyes twinkling
Little arms fold around
Promises made promises broken
Tears and tantrums
Forgotten not spoken
Fairy tales are told in twos
Bedtime full of boo who who's
Morning arises with shouts of glee
As you learn your 1,2,3's and abc's
Names remembered places too
Just as I remember you
As your tiny hand sits in mine
I think of all the laughs
The love the joy
You bring to us and I sigh
And wonder why or who
Would not want a soul such as you
Do they wonder where you are
Do they care if you're near or far
We will always share with you
How you came to us a blessing
And if one day you want to find
We'll help you through that door
But for now know we love you
As god above is our judge
We will never budge from your side

Have you ever been Witchy hunting
Oh what fun it can be
Down through the meadow
Over the stream
In through the nuck under the brook
And there in the hollow of the tree
You can find me
Watching and waiting
For the sight of her broom
So once I have spied her
I will climb up beside her
And frighten the old dear
right off of her broom
As she falls to the stream
I can hear a big scream
As she splatters and splutters
She just tries to mutter a spell
But she is washed clean
And I can't help but beam
At the silly look on her face
As she jumps up and down
with a terrible frown
Shaking her fists and throwing big sticks
She soon begins to cry
For now she knows she must be good
So I saddle up beside her
And put my arm around her
And tell her that now we are friends
We can play all day and have fun in the hay
And as she begins to smile off fall her warts
Her lumps and her bumps
And her teeth turn pearly white
As her hair loses frizz it curls in a whiz
And a beautiful young lady unfolds

So next time you go witching hunting
be sure you do it well or you'll end up
under her spell and smell !!

It is so cold in here, I shiver.
I haven’t been here before, but why am I here now.
The silence is eerie I think to myself.
But why am I here, for what reason and why am I lying down.
Where are my cloths, who took my cloths, it’s so cold in here and I shiver.

I think I hear my teeth chattering, but I’m not sure.
And why am I only covered with this silly sheet.
If this is a joke it’s not funny, well I’m not laughing am I.
Know I’m not it’s too cold, and I shiver.

Why are the lights turned down so low, you can hardly see.
I think I can hear my teeth chatter, but I’m not sure.
I think I see a door opening, but I’m not sure.
No no it’s a door opening, I can see the light shining through.
Yes it is a door, the more it opens the brighter the light becomes.

Is that someone waving, I’m not sure, and I’m so cold I shiver.
But yes it is someone waving, but I can’t make out whom.
Who is that waving, I’m not sure?
Why won’t they come closer so I can see them?

I can feel the warmth coming from the light that shines through.
I want to go to it, but I can’t seem to move.
Oh for god’s sake, why can’t I move.
I try and call for whoever is waving to come and help me.
But nothing comes out and for the first time I think to myself.
Oh for god’s sake I might as well be dead!

Let me take your hand let me take you there
To that place called love where we want to share
Let us linger in the aftermath of that sweet scent of desire
As we become one joined we sore to heights
Where it is just you and I
This moment captured forever in a time capsule
Never to be forgotten
All that is left is for me to find you
You the one how hard can that be

Its life span is never the same
Yet it lives a glorious life
From its youth it has such beauty
Young strong it grows and grows
Stretching up and up

As a bud, its dew so sweet
Arousing colour outside is pale
Its shade, not quite ready yet.
But in such a short time it blooms.
A radiance, of colour so vivid and rich.

So soft to touch but not yet to hold.
So perfect in shape, each petal perfectly
formed.
But oh such beauty, such perfection
Still it has its faults.

It's Thorns.

How I wonder did she slip by the arms of heavens gate
For she surely is an angel come down from up above
To sing for us her glorious chorus
To make us smile for the tales she will tell
As she slips a hand around us and calls us friend
Sure surely she has a heart of gold
For I have never known her to be bold
She can be giddy and fun and full of the sun
For her smiles are known far and wide
You should see her in her stride
To defend friend or neighbour
Or maybe do a favor for she is awful kind
And never seems to mind
For her name is Katie Mc
And sure she is the greatest criac
We all love and adore her and couldn’t be more surer
That she would call us friend and love us till the end

This is for one of the sweetest friends we know

The screech of brakes, as we pulled into Willow station, almost deafens my ear drums. I watch as people hurry onto the platform.

Today has been a long time coming, fifteen years to be exact. As I look around, nothing seems to have changed. Everything looks as if I only left yesterday. The same little red ticket office and tuck shop with today’s papers hanging outside. It’s as if the last fifteen years have never existed here.

How I wish that were true. I wonder why I am standing waiting around. I mean it’s not as if anyone is expecting me, is it? After all why would they? I walked out of their lives fifteen years ago without as much as a call or card to tell them where or how I was.

I pick up my bag and walk to the nearest exit. I push the door open just as a lady on the other side is making her way in. I keep my head down so as not to be seen. Just as I think I’m in the clear, the woman turns and says,
‘Excuse me dear, I think you’ve just dropped your paper.’

‘Oh yes, thank you,’ I mumble, keeping my head down. As I take the paper the woman hands me, I can’t help but glance up and smile my thanks. Oh God no, it’s Mrs. Harris! She looks at me a little surprised.

‘Well, goodness me,’ she flashes, ‘for a moment there you reminded me of someone I used to know. How silly of me!’ Mrs. Harris just smiles and hurries on her way.

I let out a small cry of relief. There isn’t anything much that passes Mrs. Harris by. If she didn’t know about it – well, it just didn’t happen. Old eagle eye, that’s what Ma used to call her.

Outside I look around for the nearest taxi. I could walk but I think that there’s more chance of being seen. I have chosen a hotel just outside town and think it best to get there as soon as possible. Just as I arrive at the rank the first taxi pulls in.
The guy driving is not familiar to me, a young man in his early twenties - maybe. He jumps out to open the boot to load my bag.
‘Now where can I take you?’ he asks politely, all the while chewing on a match stick.
‘The Harbour Hotel please.’ I reply, trying to sound positive as if I’d been there before.
‘Oh,’ the driver says, and I wonder if he is disappointed with the fare.
‘Well, if you’re sure.’
‘Yes, of course I’m sure.’ I try a smile but my face feels frozen, so I quickly get into the back of the car and pretend to be looking for something in my jacket pocket.
I can feel the driver’s eyes on me as he looks at me in his rear view mirror when we drive off. ‘You haven’t been here before then?’ he asks, smiling into the mirror as I look up.
‘Well you could kind of say that. Let’s just say it’s been a while.’ I smile, beginning to feel comfortable in his company.
‘So, what brings you back to Willow?’
‘Oh, just to catch up with some old friends.’ I am trying hard not to say too much. We seem to have no sooner started out when we arrive at the small hotel.