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One For All

God is all colours
And He is no colour,
For He lives in the black
And He lives in the white.
He lives in the mixed,red
Olive, brown and yellow,
For He lives in the heart
Where colours out of sight.

God is all creeds
And he is no creed.
He lives in the Muslim
And He lives in the Jew.
He's there in the Hindu,
The Christian, the Buddhist.
In all true believers
And the doubters too-

So why all this predjudice
Because of colour?
Why all this thinking 
There's a chosen race?
Why are we fighting 
In the name of religion?
When surely God wears 
Every human face.

Man has differences
Man has opinions.
That is the way 
The human race is run.
God is only ONE GOD
However we see him.
He's one for all,
So that all can be ONE.

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Hey Diddle Diddle, What's the Riddle?

HEY DIDDLE, why the Cat and the fiddle
And the Cow that jumped over the moon? 
Why they're all here in Nursery Rhyme land
At the wedding of the Dish and the Spoon.
The Little Dog is happy,The Cat is playing a tune
And soon the Dish and the Spoon will go hand in hand
Off on their honeymoon.
The guests include OLD KING COLE
And HUMPTY DUMPTY who sat on a wall
Though he's being very careful today-
Doesn't want to spoil things by having a fall.
MARY MARY QUITE CONTRARY
Has left her garden behind
And come along with LITTLE BO-PEEP
With all her sheep to mind.
SIMPLE SIMON has come with the Pieman
Because they're preparing the food.
And LITTLE JACK HORNER wont sit in the corner
Thinks it might be rather rude.
JACK SPRAT AND HIS WIFE have come for the feasting .
So has THE OLD WOMAN WHO LIVED IN A SHOE,
And OLD MOTHER HUBBARD hopes something left for the cupboard
And her poor dog who's at home with the flu.
WEE WILLIE WINKIE has changed out of his nightshirt
And dressed up in his sunday best,
But he'll have to leave early to check on the children
To make sure that they're all at rest.
LITTLE TOMMY TUCKER wont need to sing for his supper.
GEORGIE PORGIE said he wont make anyone cry.
And  JACK AND JILL have brought some lemonade in their bucket
In case some of the guests get dry.
DOCTOR FOSTER returned from Gloucester-
Says he hopes it doesn't rain
But he's brought his umbrella just in case
Doesn't want to get caught out again!
THE CROOKED MAN although he's bent double
Said he's determined to dance,
His partner is BETTY BLUE who lost her shoe
Then happened to find it by chance-
Well these are just some of the wedding guests
Travelled from far and wide
That have come along to celebrate with
The proud groom and his dish of a bride....
So now you know what's going on
With the Cat and the fiddle and the COW that jumped over the moon.
And why the Little Dog laughed to see such fun
All because the Dish fell in love with the SPOON.

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Be Guided By Love

Whenever the road is long and hard
And you wish that your burdens were light,
Remember to have FAITH there by your side.
With courage it will act as your might.

Whenever the sun seems lost from view 
And ahead a long,long night,
Remember the HOPE lying deep in your heart.
It will help to reveal the light.

Whenever the darkness embodies your fears
That you tremble at what lays in sight,
Remember the LOVE that holds you dear,
That will guard till the morning bright.....

We are all travellers along life's road
At times it seems only darkness in sight.
So as you journey go with FAITH and HOPE.
And let LOVE lead with its'kindly light.

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This Is Life

All is well
Cocooned within.
Just the steady beat,beat,beat
And gentle familiar sounds.
Comforting,warm,so safe.
Unease-noise-confusion.
(Pushing,pushing)
Panic,unfamiliar,
What is happening?
(Pushing,pushing)
The beat now throbbing,pounding.
Faster,faster
And comes-the light, the light.
So this is LIFE!

(Blue skies,sunshine)
A child's laughter,
A mother's arms
And a loved one's kiss.
This is life.
Celebration, happiness.
Families united,
Friends together
And the gift of sharing.
This is life.-
(Yet dark skies.chaos)
Nature's beautiful face
Twisted in rage against the earth.
And man -
Bloody,cruel,insensitive.
So many acts of hurt
And tumultuous violence.
One to the other.
This is life.
The addict on a bed of filth.
The habitual drunk staggering to oblivion.
Cries from diseased bodies
Tormented by pain.
And a small white coffin
Laid gently in the ground.
This is life.

Learning,growing.
Stumbling-yet learning,growing.
Struggling,hurting-yet learning,
With each uncertain breath
A heart growing.
Learning-love revealed
Within each and in the world.
THIS IS LIFE.
Tears of pain,tears of joy,tragedy,comedy.
Insanity,absolutely ludicrous.
Mysterious,awesome,
Compelling,thrilling.
Thriving,striving.
And having the will to live.
This is life.

All too soon comes weariness.
Old bones aching.
Mumbling,bewilderment,forgetting.
Time to let go
And to return to the stillness.
Mist -everything fading,
(Cold,so cold) all going.
No sight.no taste, no smell.
No feeling, just silence
And yet-the light.

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A Dogs Life

I've been shoved out in the back yard,
A bit ruff, don't you agree?
It's not that I've disgraced myself,
No,It's because SHE caught a flea!
Don't know what all the fuss is about,
I mean they don't bother me.

Any way I need the exercise,
It's a great way to have a good scratch.
Those crafty little blighters
They get right under my thatch.
I like to chase 'em out 
To see how many I can catch.

I grabs 'em and bites 'em 
And has my bit of fun.
When they see these gnashers,grrr,
You should see them try to hop and run.
Oh! there's one,oh! there's one, 
Oh! there's another one.

He-llo!what's going on here then?
Aaarghh! that stuffs awful,smells really bad.
Oy, watch where you're spraying!
If you don't mind,I still want'a be a dad!
Sometimes these humans just don't care.
They drive me barking mad.

Howoooo, I'm fed up with all this palaver
I can't stand all this strife--.
Hang on-time to be 'mummies darling'.
Here comes his soppy wife.
The things you have to do to make them happy.
It really is a dog's life!



Palaver-fuss or bother

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Someone To Talk To

She walks past the coffee shop window
White hair,
Face wreathed in wrinkles-
Seeming somehow lost to the world,
Pursuing another aimless day
Consumed with nothing.

Her eyes light up!
Someone approaches.
A friend,relative,
Greetings of recognition
And smiles all round.
Now animated chatter from the pair
Along with constant change of expression,
Alert,intent.
Listening one to the other.

Then the meeting ends.
Life continues,
Each go seperate ways.
She walks on 
White hair
Face wreathed in wrinkles,
Only now shining with LIFE.
Warmed by the brief touch of human contact-
 Of having had someone to talk to.

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Four Little Words

The buzzing wakes me,
The intercom.
It's the family.
We take off her coat,
Her little scarf and mitts.
She climbs in beside me.
Snuggling 
Cold cheeks,
Little blocks of ice
Against my body ,toasty warm.

Shall we play?
Out comes Big Ted,
And the favourite book.
I read.
Big Ted looks on.
We sing twinkle twinkle,
Big Ted dances.
We sing again, Big Ted claps.
We take a bow
And we laugh.
I read again 
From the favourite book.

Two pairs of eyes
Sit entranced.
One, brought into reality
By the imagination of a child
The other pair locked into
A world of fantasy.
Warm, safe,
Wrapped in the arms
Of family love.

We sing again.
Big Ted is tired. 
I am tired,
The family see.
It's time to go.
We put on her coat,
Her little scarf and mitts.
Little arms hug tight,
Baby soft lips plant
A wet kiss on my cheeks.
And so her warmth leaves
With a wave of the hand.

I feel a familiar chill
Of emptiness descend
Upon me.
Then a new sound.
It carries through the letterbox,
Ascends the stairs
And reaches right 
Into my heart.
Just four little words.

I love you Nanny.

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If Love........

If love is sharing,
Heartfelt caring
Always being by someone's side.
If love is giving
Knowing the joy of living 
A deep down feeling of pride.
If love is heart thumping, 
Excitement,nerves jumping
Never knowing quite what to expect.
If  love is yearning,pleasing
Playfully teasing
Yet treating another with respect.
If love is tears and laughter
Cuddles, and what comes after
That feeling of indescribable sweetness.
If love is quiet and content,
Time well spent
An overall sense of completeness.
If love is wanting,yet undemanding,
Patient,understanding
Tries to see another's point of view.
If love little tussles and fights
Then putting things to rights
The way only lovers can and do.
If love is growing old together
Commitment from the heart forever,
Being bound to someone yet feeling free,
In life the passion and the pain,
Yet through it the constant gain
Then let LOVE be for all our destiny.

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Be As 'I Am'

When I touch the world with JOY
I reach out with the hand of God.

When I touch the world with HOPE
I reach out with the hand of God.

When I touch the world with PEACE
I reach out with the hand of God.

But when I touch the world
With sorrow and despair:
Through bitterness,and hatred
Intolerance and anger
Selfishness and greed,
The hand is all my own.
And I have the power 
To negate and to destroy...
Yet the desire is within 
To be as 'I AM'.

So I touch the world with TRUST.
I touch the world with COMPASSION.
I touch the world with HUMILITY.
With God's divine hand in mine
I reach out with all His
GOODNESS,BEAUTY and TRUTH,
And I touch the world with LOVE.

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Who's Old?

Okay we've all cracked the funnies
Joked about what's gone and what's still there.
How everything sags or wilts
Doesn' t work or is in a state of disrepair.
How we're crumbling or fumbling.
Who's deaf? you're mumbling.
How we're gummy or losing our hair-
So what !
Inside we're young and attractive still very active,
Lively, energetic though bent and arthritic-
So what !
Inside we're lustful and exciting,warm and inviting,
Charming, alluring though wrinkles are occuring-
So what !
Inside we're strong and dependable not expendable
Though memory's not reliable and body not so pliable-
So what !
Inside we're funny and witty don't need anyone's pity,
Treat life playfully and are growing old ' disgracefully '
And yes 
WE'RE ENTITLED, so why should we care
Because inside we're the person we always were....
Old who's old? Age is only going on out there