Checkmate, parlous state Playing games, no rebate Trying moves, pulling strokes Checkmate, making jokes Cruel puns, not shared laughter Scoring points couldn’t be dafter Checkmate trust revoked, poor trait Checkmate learning to hate, is it all too late? Reset the game, change the rules Checkmate in life could be for fools Checkmate put in context… Continue reading Checkmate
Author: Mary
I write as both Mary Bray and under the pseudonym of Samantha Beardon.
clickety clack
Hurtling forward Clickety clack The train is speeding, down a new track The signals are red But I can’t slow it down Maybe I should be dressed as a clown You are the buffers You will hold me close Render me speechless, make me feel most You are the danger The spark to my flame… Continue reading clickety clack
Drifting
Words of love often suppressed Kindness taken for granted, unexpressed Presumption of thoughts, norms and dreams Seems we no longer talk of schemes Drifting along feather light Lack of communication lack of fight Minds door closed How to rewind, do you suppose Need to look and see the whole Can we clean the windows, throw… Continue reading Drifting
Floating on a cloud
Floating on a cloud, Feeling the charms Floating on a cloud, Encircled in his arms Floating on a cloud, Above the abyss Floating on a cloud, waiting to feel sated and full of bliss
He loves me……not
He loves me he loves me not I am me I almost forgot Better to be true to me Than to try to be somebody else, for him to see Its so nice to have loving affirmation But staying true to self that’s confirmation We walk the path and share the joys Also the angst… Continue reading He loves me……not
The fog that you left
Mist rising upwards like gossamer threads Clearing my mind from the fog, that you left Treading in circles, the pathway obscured The mist is slowly burning off, a signpost has cleared Chosing a way to move forward in my life Tears replaced, smiling revived
I am missing you
I am missing you Where have you gone I see you sitting beside me The link was so strong Now things have changed The passion has died Life is a plateau Hot tears I have cried I am missing you Where have you gone You are here in body I need to hear your song… Continue reading I am missing you
Making sense of the world
We make sense of the world using learnt behaviour Filling in the gaps with the familiar when in uncharted territory This can skew our understanding, make us misread situations, or sometimes be our saviour Perceptions based on experience Help form our resiliance We make sense of the world using learnt beliefs Adding a layer of… Continue reading Making sense of the world
Happiness Road
Which is the road that leads to happiness Is the sign post instantaneous Does one tread a path and start anew Or should one do a life review A commitment made has become a burden Start a new life, new diversion Where to dump the heavy load Grief and woe and loneliness Which is the… Continue reading Happiness Road
Life is a circus
Life is a circus Some would say Does that mean a dull grind, day after day Or a series of adventures With new skills to learn Maybe with some stress, to grin and burn Life is a circus Some would say Populated with clowns sinister or gay But how about the strongman Or the lion… Continue reading Life is a circus
Converging Lives. Sounds, Silence and Imagery 