Tag: Love
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Did You Know?
I knew not love, Until it was called from me, And named so by another. I asked of love, If love was called from me, Then was I always a lover? Love said to me Living still and solitary Is nothing without another And you who knew love, Now called out from you by another…
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Horse and Carriage or Unfinished Symphony
I had to laugh (out loud on the train)! For My Dad, Kevin Whalan’s latest blog,opens with the same words as the following speech, written and delivered in 2001, while I was going through… “Love and marriage go together like a horse and carriage “ Well, you don’t see that any more do you?
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Secret Still
I vouchsafed a secret Held my breath for a time Perhaps our hearts would meet And she would tell me mine She made me promise Her word she would keep She said she’d be silent Even whilst asleep She waited for a moment And told all in all to all To friends…
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From Melbourne to Sydney
One often says of oneself as a child, this is where I grew up. But to me, at least, one doesn’t realise that one has grown up until one leaves that place and returns. Yes I grew up in Canowindra (New South Wales). I grew up too in Kiama (New South Wales). And then Canberra…
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That Love of Loves
I still don’t know how that motorcyclist didn’t hit her. And me too I suppose. Every so often I stop and wonder why. Considering what happened to her later. I just shake my head and muse upon the two memories I have of her. We were standing at a bus stop. Near the Old Treasury Building in…
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The Past is a Different Country
I’d like to wander back Return to where I was before Retrace that same track Gain my lost promise once more
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The Gentle Heart
I heard those words spoken From a pure and gentle heart Once riven almost torn apart And now complete, healed and unbroken. I heard not how your heart was broken I only heard that heart’s intent To be a comfort in every extent To those lost : healing with words unspoken. The gentle heart seeks comfort and surety…
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A Moment Everlasting
Unconsciously we crafted a moment Where we stopped time for a time And met each other once again To resume an everlasting serenity. I thought I was merely speaking Wasted words and actions repeating Yet as I spoke to the others I could see You were listening, listening completely to me. And your listening created a…
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The Son
That could have been my son I could have been his dad A child lying fast asleep Snatched too soon from my hands
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Let Love
Love when your outstretched hands wake you. Love till your eyelids gently call you to sleep. Let love master you and you be in thrall to love. For love will free you what would thwart love. Love calls from the sunset through the twilight Love dwells in the dark and calls to the light Love sinks…