Category Archives: Life

Free

Posted on December 13, 2015 by a foolhardy florilegium

What is this thing I feel for her, though sometimes she annoys me. It doesn’t matter where I am she always sets my heart free. Even when I’m feeling mad that gentle smile will greet me. There’s only one thing … Continue reading →

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Bye Bye

Posted on December 10, 2015 by a foolhardy florilegium

At times I really wonder why I don’t just simply sit and cry. When all my troubled grow so high there’s really no reason I should try; instead it think, I should just die! But then I see some bright … Continue reading →

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Questions

Posted on October 22, 2015 by a foolhardy florilegium

Why do I wander, what do I seek? Where is this place of which so few speak? Where is that place where we can find peace? Where is that place where all war will cease? When will I find it, … Continue reading →

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Fear

Posted on October 7, 2015 by a foolhardy florilegium

I had a fear, I held it firm; I watched my own illusion squirm. While l held it in my grip, I felt the pain it caused me slip; I saw then it had no power, leaving space for me … Continue reading →

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Darkness

Posted on September 29, 2015 by a foolhardy florilegium

There is a darkness that I know; it follows me where er’e I go. But I know that the light I’ve found can keep that darkness tightly bound and let the me I want to be to spend his life … Continue reading →

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Chorus of the Dawn

Posted on September 29, 2015 by a foolhardy florilegium

Songs of laughter, songs of praise, each morning as their voices raise in chorus, joyful to the Dawn they usher in a new day born. The Chorus of the Dawn l hear and to my heart it is so dear.

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Dreaming

Posted on September 8, 2015 by a foolhardy florilegium

Today I saw some happiness; ‘twas hiding in plain sight. Amid all life’s confusion it kinda looked all right. It looked like people laughing and grownups playing too and I’m pretty sure amongst it all I saw both me and … Continue reading →

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Re-Invention

Posted on September 6, 2015 by a foolhardy florilegium

There’s many things to be in life and I’ve been just a few but I think that it’s quite good for us to build ourselves anew. I’d find it rather boring being the same me every day; it really would diminish … Continue reading →

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Ambition

Posted on September 6, 2015 by a foolhardy florilegium

The shifting and the shuffling; position is the key! “I’ve got to get the best spot, then a winner I will be! It doesn’t matter where I am, or my position on the day, I have to be the top … Continue reading →

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Laughter

Posted on September 6, 2015 by a foolhardy florilegium

I look upon the beauty surrounding me today and I know life’s inner meaning is that we all should play. ‘Cos playing leads to laughter; a thing we all should try and laughter is the sound of Angels dancing in … Continue reading →

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Two Dawns (written to celebrate Spring)

Posted on September 1, 2015 by a foolhardy florilegium

A flower opening with the Dawn; the beauty of a land newborn. Its petals open, kiss the sky inviting bee and butterfly to sup on nectar, Oh so sweet so other flowers they can meet. Then one more flower meets … Continue reading →

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Freedom

Posted on August 31, 2015 by a foolhardy florilegium

Sometimes he tries to hide from me; that person I can be. I make myself a prisoner instead of a man cut free. ‘Cos freedom is so easy lost or simply cast aside And then peaceful enslavement can our freedom … Continue reading →

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Peace

Posted on August 19, 2015 by a foolhardy florilegium

We fight our wars for petty ‘gods’; “the divine will overcome all odds.” We battle on to win the day so all will follow our god’s way. It seems that “god” really means “war;” are all gods hatred, lust and … Continue reading →

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Could I But Be

Posted on August 17, 2015 by a foolhardy florilegium

Could I but stand, could I but be the beauty that you see in me, then I would be a glorious sight; a beacon in the darkest night. But in the mirror, what I see is not the man you … Continue reading →

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Blindness

Posted on August 17, 2015 by a foolhardy florilegium

When blindness is a state of mind then to its lies our hearts do bind. The words I choose can make me be a man in bondage or set free. So I must take care how I walk and with … Continue reading →

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