Author Archives: bill

It is only love that can endure, Some place to find so deep inside Each one of us; Its gift received Where there is hope, a message pure That surges high, a mighty tide To vanquish all that has deceived … Continue reading →

Yesterday I was eighty nine And today, carrying my shopping home Across the Recreation Ground On a bright November day In a pondering frame of mind, I could be someone else, but was here. The molecules and atoms that make … Continue reading →

This is how you left it And this is how it will be, The room and I complicit Awaiting eternity. My senses say that what I see Is the sum of you and me, While all around outside this home … Continue reading →

The little Hamburg girl; smiling, eager, involvedFull of life yet fated to spend her childhoodWithout what she needed most.Love she had, but an interrupted lifeBrought loss, brought war, brought separation and uncertaintyUntil her very foundations were tested and tested.She coped … Continue reading →

After so long a time, how does it feel? After so many tears, when will it heal? The chair you sat on is always there The thoughts I have of you are ever near. The wide World I once loved, … Continue reading →

We saw you at the window As the car drove in the drive, You had come here to die But were waiting and alive. The summer days were passing And each day we saw your lovely face, You had come … Continue reading →

When you were here and I was here Everything seemed just right Now you’re not here and I am here Alone, day long and night. I speak to you and hear you not Although you are everywhere, I see you … Continue reading →

Oh, accept what you were given. Offer it to your analytical mind And risk losing the very essence Of all those wonderful years. Do not worry, the balance was right – You always wanted it to be in her favour … Continue reading →

It’s all about the temperature and telephones unanswered For those who take the World in gulps, as others think it’s all about Putting the right things in the right places. Who can feel unfelt pain Where lack of vision shows … Continue reading →

I want to dream the dreams of childhoodI want the meadow image back.The World was different then –I want the bird-song back.What has gone wrong?Waking to a morning dawn chorusOf comforting, singing birdsCan I re-evaluate the changesThat have choked the … Continue reading →