Category Archives: Life

There’s so much I can be!

Posted on June 24, 2015 by a foolhardy florilegium

          Spread my ashes in the mountains when I should finally die. Spread my ashes in the mountains beneath that clear blue sky. Spread my ashes in the mountains where the air is fresh and clear. … Continue reading →

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A question?

Posted on June 15, 2015 by a foolhardy florilegium

If happiness is the answer then is the question clear? Or is it meditation that brings the whole truth near? How will we ever find it; the true goal that we seek? Must we delve in meditation on a far … Continue reading →

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Delving

Posted on June 12, 2015 by a foolhardy florilegium

Delving into heart and mind we never know what we will find. It’s where our very joy abides and all life’s torment cruelly hides. In there the pain that makes us strong finds a place it can belong. Our vulnerability … Continue reading →

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Karma

Posted on June 12, 2015 by a foolhardy florilegium

The choices that I’ve made and make decide life’s journeys I can take; a life that’s led to cause no harm brings nought to spirit but a calm. But if I should choose ‘the other way’ then in the end … Continue reading →

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Bye Bye

Posted on June 7, 2015 by a foolhardy florilegium

I’ve written rhymes that are just dumb As I sit here on my big fat bum Pontificating how I feel Until your poor minds simply reel From trying to make sense of it all Like strange graffiti on a wall … Continue reading →

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controlled emotions

Posted on June 7, 2015 by a foolhardy florilegium

controlled emotions flying low perhaps it’s time to let them go to fly with Angels up on high my Spirit knows the way to fly it’s simply that I need to feel then I’ll find my life that’s real or … Continue reading →

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A short ditty

Posted on June 7, 2015 by a foolhardy florilegium

just a short ditty meant to say how this old bloke feels today as my mood goes down at times I like to write my silly rhymes it helps me know just what is real and understand the things I … Continue reading →

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Why?

Posted on May 28, 2015 by a foolhardy florilegium

Why am I here? What is the use? Is life made for one long excuse? I feel I stand up tall for nought; Is this all that my life has brought? Or am I just in downward flow? My hopes … Continue reading →

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the world

Posted on May 26, 2015 by a foolhardy florilegium

At times long gone I’ve flown so high like sunrise in the morn farewelled the beauty of the stars to welcome in the dawn. Today my world has changed a lot but so much bright remains and now I reap … Continue reading →

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A State Of Mind

Posted on May 3, 2015 by a foolhardy florilegium

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Experiments in Life

Posted on April 4, 2015 by a foolhardy florilegium

Joy and total wonderment just fly about this place as I watch the intense excitement grow upon her face. An ‘experiment’ is fun to do and just as much to see the wonderment that is a child just lives her … Continue reading →

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Laughter

Posted on April 3, 2015 by a foolhardy florilegium

Too many never hear it, though its sound can help us heal though children know its rhythm; its love they always feel. It’s a thing become uncommon in this hectic world today; it’s the sound that is the beauty of … Continue reading →

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Meditation & Trains

Posted on March 16, 2015 by a foolhardy florilegium

Each morning I sit quietly, eyes closed like all the rest but if you broke my slumber I’d never pass the test. For though dawn may be breaking and all around me snore my eyes are closed but mind awake; … Continue reading →

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My Fifty Shades of Grey

Posted on March 2, 2015 by a foolhardy florilegium

Been there and now I’m over it, those fifty shades of grey; really, what’s the fuss about, we all get old one day. I used to be a mousy brown, then grey bits did appear; pretty soon those grey bits … Continue reading →

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The Search

Posted on March 1, 2015 by a foolhardy florilegium

The search for life’s true meaning; where am I meant to be? The lifelong quest for ‘culture’; that place where I am me. We came from far across the sea; a hemisphere apart and far off in ‘The Old Country’ … Continue reading →

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