For my Parents.

Todays poem goes out to my Mam and Dad, and all other Parents out there. Enjoy.

For my Parents.

 

 

Thank you.

You are my rock.

My pillar of strength.

You are my heroes.

 

You gave me life,

The best life I could imagine.

Never have I wanted,

Never have I been denied.

You are my friend,

You are my Mother.

You are my Father.

 

From little girl to woman,

You raised me.

Strong, proud and educated.

You always told me to be myself.

That I could become anything,

Anything I want.

 

Well, all I want is to make you proud.

And if I am anything like you,

Then I know I will be happy.

I love you.

You are always there for me.

In good times and in bad.

And I will always be there for you.

 

You are my heroes.

My pillar of strength.

You are my rock.

Thank you.

 

 

Woman in a robe.

Another poem for poetry month.

Woman in a robe.

 

 

The car park is plunged into darkness.

Red and White squares,

And a couple of Bears.

There’s no one left to remember.

 

A solitary light flickers on.

Lending a warm glow to the solitary figure.

She stands in a red and white robe,

A cabbage as a helmet,

And a sword on her hip,

To guard against the bears.

 

There will be no fight tonight.

The steps in the distance,

Do they rise or fall?

Would you walk up or down?

Where will she go?

 

As the sun slowly rises,

She is gone,

Disappears in a flash,

Of blazing red and white.

Leaving only a sword,

And a half eaten cabbage.

Tattoo poem.

As it’s April, Poetry month, I’m going to try to write a poem a day, my first one is about Tattoo’s I wrote it whilst at the writers festival, we were given an image and mine reminded me of a tattoo, so here’s what I wrote. It’s followed by a picture of one of my own favourite tattoo’s on my body. enjoy.

Tattoo.

 

 

Art that is for the body.

A design from the soul,

Shouldn’t be shoddy.

Tattoo, body art, ink.

It doesn’t have to be distinct.

Mandala or a feather,

Inlaid detail.

Black and grey or purple heather.

A beautiful work of art.

Tattoo, body art, ink.

It makes you think.

 

message to a princess.

Message to a princess.

 

 

I felt it on that day,

My heart being torn in two.

One part died with you,

The other filled with pain.

I still miss you, it never goes away.

 

You left me that morning,

But I knew, it was coming.

Your Cancer took over,

The pain too much,

Was kinder to say,

“Goodbye my Princess.”

 

I was so bewildered,

Holding you in my arms,

Watching you slowly slip away,

Into that sleep like death.

But it was time,

It was time.

 

Eleven years, we grew together,

Always together,

Inseparable.

You were my soul-mate.

You were my companion,

My best friend and my daughter.

You, Princess, were my world.

 

I struggle on every day,

Will my heartache ever go away.

I want you to know, I’ll be ok.

The one thing that keeps me going,

Is knowing.

That you are safe now,

You are waiting.

Waiting in the Elysian Fields,

The hereafter.

Until the day we meet again,

You’ll be forever in my heart.

 

Vegan strawberry and coconut cake.

made this amazing vegan cake today, dairy free, egg free, yummy. If anyone wants the recipe just comment and let me know. while I was making waiting for it to bake I wrote a poem on a piece of blank paper I had found.

Paper.

 

 

So, I found this piece of paper,

Blank,

Empty,

Alone.

How sad, to see paper,

With no words, no wisdom,

No insight.

For paper can become anything,

Feelings,

Motivation,

Courage.

A window into a soul.

Let’s fill all paper with words.

Beautiful, sensual words.

I couldn’t leave this paper,

Knowing, it could be so much more.

It could be freedom, hope, and desire.

Anything one wants it to be,

So shall it be.

 

Short poem.

As I lay in bed last night I thought up this little poem and it made me laugh so much, so here it is. It has no title yet.

 

Basking in the ambience,

makes my husband feel, he needs an ambulance.

He jumps up and runs away,

All I can do is stay,

Laughing at his reaction,

Is my satisfaction.

 

 

Dog sitting.

This is my two playing with my Mams dogs, having fun in the garden. Been babysitting for three days.

High Protein, Low Fat.

If your ever stuck for time and are starving, you can whip up this super tasty, high Protein meal in less than five minutes. I used Multigrain, five grains rice, the microwave in two minutes pouch, Salad leaves, salsa, homemade guacamole, some cooked broccoli, tomatoes, cucumber, olives and falafels on top. Gorgeous and fully Vegan. ‘Vegan food is life’.

 

 

I recently went to the Writers Festival and did some poetry there, this is one I wrote. One of the speakers told me a lovely quote. ‘Poetry should not mean but be.’ I like that.

 

Body of moving Water

Tree’s sway in the breeze,

A stone of light wakes in the sunrise.

The Earth moves,

and the giver of life is awoken.

Deep breathing.

Where does the river flow?

Misty spray from the waterfall,

and the taker of life is awoken.

The welcoming wave of flowers,

Wolf’s howl in the woods.

A thick scent of dew on leaves.

The burden of life is to heal.

Beautiful blue, grey eyes.

Kind, forgiving, sparer of life.

The earth breathes,

and the water dreams of freedom.

Vegan Breakfast.

This morning I made vegan protein pancakes after a good session in the gym. They have only four ingredients and are super yummy and filling. The protein powder I use for this recipe is bulk powders complete vegan blend. My favourite is the chocolate peanut one.

Recipe.

40g oats.

1 mashed banana.

Almond or soya milk

1 scoop of vegan protein powder.

mix together then heat a little coconut oil in a frying pan and cook. This mix makes four pancakes, I like to serve with fresh berries and a dollop of peanut butter, and a big pot of coffee with chocolate soya milk. Yum.

First blog post

This is my very first Blog post, so I have Dreadlocks, mine are organic/Freeform/Natural whatever you want to call them. Basically I just stopped doing anything to my hair over a year ago, no brushing, no conditioning. I still wash my hair but I use a dreadlock shampoo about every ten days or so. When I started my dreadlock journey my hair was at the top of my waist, now its shoulder length, so I’m hoping now for it to start growing longer.

As this is my first Blog ill add a poem in. Enjoy

Beauty and the Beast.

 

 

I went to war.

There, I was thrown to the floor.

When I came home,

I entered through a different door.

 

I was no longer me.

I was a different girl.

Deformed body, Scarred face.

Ugly outside,

And that made me ugly within.

 

Alone and Isolated,

Spiteful and Resentful.

I came back hating the world,

And all the people in it.

 

Then you came along.

Entered my bitter and twisted world.

I don’t know how you got through my barriers.

But you, saw through my ugliness,

You saw my heart,

And I saw yours.

 

You were just a girl,

And I an acrimonious girl,

With no heart, or so I thought.

You found the love within me,

Buried deep down inside.

And you, with your love, brought it out.

 

You made me beautiful again.

Inside, and that shines through, outside.

From your love a seed was sewn,

And a new life re-grown.

Now I am whole again,

And our life will begin,

Once upon a time…….