You know what life means

Gather the masses
Gather their souls
Tell them the truth
That there’s no golden goal

We all make our way
We all choose a path
With none of us certain
And with no turning back

Some they will stumble
Some they will fall
Some venture far
Some get nowhere at all

But we’re all on a journey
We travel each day
So pick out your target
The suns out, make hay

One day you will trip
One day you will fly
One day the path endless
The next miles rush by

Up ahead on the route
By the fork in the road
There’s a friend to find
To help share the load

Go on independent, or
Decide to hold hands
Enjoy shared moments
A change to your plans

Don’t feel so constrained
Don’t make no demands
Enjoy company in your life
Together, while you can

It may not last long
You may end up apart
But love with your all
Be glad from the start

Then when you’re alone
You will regret not a thing
Look back on your travels
You’ve gained everything

A heart full of loving
A mind still full of dreams
While others are vexed
You know what life means

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My Barista Glance

Woke up this morning
Processed down the street
Said good morning to someone
That twice daily I greet

Got to the station
But popped out for a drink
Now a smile for my barista
Is making me think

She’s paid to be friendly
To make the talk small
Which probably means
She feels nothing at all

She smiles at her client
Whoever they be
The look for one moment
Wasn’t special you see

But. However tiny it is
There’s the smallest chance
That more was meant
Than just an amicable glance

She’s been nice before
Made coffee for free
Shared plans for the weekend
Maybe she’s sweet on me

We’ve touched hands, albeit fleeting
When passed drinks or my change
Perhaps she wants to be asked
Perhaps this thought isn’t so strange

Now. However tiny it is
There’s the smallest chance
That more was meant
Than just an amicable glance

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Twisted Blood

Twisted blood flows
Through his irrational heart
Pushing then pulling
Swirling vortex inward
He sees beauty in faces
Meets to explore a soul
Then realises another
Is his focus, his goal
He’s not shaken attachments
He’s still fixed on a girl
That for moments fleeting
Was his entire world.
She helped him, and he her
They grew ever so close
She was the one
The person he loved the most
So what now? Decisions?
Try to move on?
Look for another?
Accept that she’s gone?
Feels like waste
A terrible shame
Why not go back
Try again.
Maybe she’d take him
Perhaps it would work out
This time would be different
But then there’s a doubt
What if it’s not
What if it’s the same
What if he is repeating
So don’t try again.
And so it goes back
And so it goes forth
Directions confused
No sense of true North
He’s spinning, he’s hurting
He is falling apart
Twisted blood flows
In his wavering heart

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Hope Restored

Beauty at every turn
A light about the world
Trees glow a new green
Since our love unfurled

Standing out from the crowd
Feeling luckier than the rest
Stronger, taller, happier
Since I woke with you on my chest

Energised to meet the days tests
Fear and worry all gone
Driven, bold, productive
Since we held each other as one

Seeing the good in faces
Hope restored as if from above
A belief it will all be alright
Since you taught me to love

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Then along came a girl

One too many mornings
Same old routine
Autopilot sequence
Eyes open nothing seen

Processing through each week
Same old routine
Day after long day
Eyes open nothing seen

Years slide away unnoticed
Same old routine
Survival no revival
Eyes open nothing seen

Then along came a girl

Clarity.
In a moment of her beauty
Emotional stumble
Structures tumble

Elevated.
Life from other views
Enriched with colour
Kaleidoscope hues

No sequence
Don’t let patterns interfere
Chase your love
Anything, everything, to hold her near

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Empty Seat

A journey through life
Is best traveled with friends
But needs an observer
Who is there to the end
Someone to talk to
Someone who cares
Someone to hear you
Someone who shares
The highs and the lows
The good and the bad
A person who knows you
And the journey you’ve had
When young it’s a parent
Who watches you race
Who is there willing you on
With a smile on their face
There’s a time when it’s mates
Who have got your back
Who go out, onward, upward
And keep you on track
Then maybe a girlfriend
Then maybe a wife
Someone committed
To help build a life
But
At times this collapses
All history lost
A death, separation
A fall out, divorce
These times can be tough
With your audience gone
It’s a lot to adjust
At your table for one
In these time you remember
How it felt in the past
With your mum and dad
With mates having a blast
It all seems so distant
Joys that will never repeat
As you sit staring forlorn
At a cold empty seat
But these times can improve
All you need is a plan
And you’ll soon find yourself
Together, holding a hand
See the trick is be open
Don’t go hiding away
You walk past twenty new friends
On your journey each day
Just one of those people
On a day coming soon
Might come in and sit down
At the chair in your room

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It’s about you, not a man

Stop with this folly
You’ve not thought it through
You’re processing through life
Because it’s what is expected of you
A proposal, a marriage,
A baby, and then
You’re done, you’re complete?
That’s what the system pretends
Life isn’t that simple,
Look at the end to your path
It’s not happy ever after
It’s happy after graft
Working at relationships
Working to earn a crust
Trying to be your best
You have to work, you must
So take a moment to think
Pause write a plan
You can build up to happy
It’s about you, not a man

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Beginning of Nothing

This is the beginning
The beginning of nothing
Everything has changed
It’s the absence of truth
And nothing remains
Everything has changed

Born of the silence
In the darkness of loss
Everything has changed
It’s the birth of a new hope
Born of millions of half thoughts
Everything has changed

Solutions begin to take shape
Skyward elation takes over
Everything has changed
This could be the right path
Rocket fuelled elevation
Everything has changed

Light years from ground zero
With the stars up ahead
Everything has changed
Full of love, hope and rapture
Everything is possible
Everything has changed

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A Father’s Love

My girls are amazing
And as I sit on the beach
It’s clear to me, Everything,
I want is well within reach
I want them to be happy
I want them to be kind
To be what they desire
Strong in body and mind
As they play in the sea
Maybe hey don’t know
All they could be
And how they could grow
They can use all the have
Or only one part
Just go and be happy
Live life with your heart
Pull together, be sisters
Both different and the same
Be independent of thought
Stand up for your name
Know you are loved
Unconditionally
By your dad who is proud
Of you both unendingly

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Love ABC

I’ve done it again
Jumped back to the start
Jumped back to the point
When my life fell apart
My pattern resumed
Like B, C follows A
Leads me to sorrow
Drains my joy away
My A is a longing
My B is falling in love
My pattern then pauses
And when seen from above
There’s happiness, belonging
A real sense of calm
Connection and comfort
“We will come to no harm”
Then a trial comes along
That gives rise to C
Where the person I’m with
Turns away, abandoning me
There is sometimes a conflict
Sometimes not even that
But it’s always so painful
Like I’m under attack.
I’m open to growing
Behaviours rearranged
If my pattern could alter
And my ending be changed
There’s hope, and I’m trying
I can break ABC
I will find my true love
And become ABD

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