Contentment in life comes with simple things...

Views in Verse - on contentment.


Contentment in life comes with simple things...not the grandiose! Being successful at 'shutting out the noise' comes with a desire to 'be at peace'

By Candlelight

To-night is the night
I've been thinking about all week
away from mundane chores
the 'our time' that we seek
We do the shop together
choose the menu with some care
We try to make it simple though
...easy to prepare
Just you 'n me so right
Dinner ...by candlelight

I'm happy to serve it up
As you like to fix your hair
A glass of wine before we sit
Brings 'still' beyond compare
The music that you choose
Brings thoughts of long ago
The talk is flowing now
The fire burning low
And here we are so right
Romance ... by candlelight

The kids all out for the night
Brings release from the 'mo'
Our chat turns to talking 'bout
Odd people that we know
We talk of stellar times too
Of travel to and fro
Laugh about the children
And how they tease us so
Easy to feel so right
Laughter ...by candlelight

A kitchen clean-up
jolts routine into the air
No need to rush it though
It's 'our time' that we share
The weekend brings a window
Lots of hours to spare
Let's just enjoy it
the morning still waits there
now so right
Bedtime ...by candlelight




Grahame Flynn - Sent from my iPhone

The Australian sense of humour is quite unique...

Views in Verse - on sex.

The Australian sense of humour is quite unique...
and when it comes to a bawdy tale could even leave Chaucer bemused!

The Tadpole song

 (Ode to Elle)

I was watching the late news
alone one night
When a tanned vision spits white light
From out of my set she pouts at me
Calling from a beach longingly
A white bikini paper thin
Came alive on soft brown skin

She sure got all the moves
She sure got all the grooves
Nothin' she got that you can't see
Everything she got does it all for me
In no time at all
A mindful stroke
And I nearly dropped my tadpoles folks!!!

But I wasn't the only one put to the test
The network bounced back to the anchor desk
To a dude in a suit look'n flustered as me
Clearly feasting on what he'd see'd
Splutterin' forth with mindless glee...
he says to the world untidily:

She sure got all the moves
She's sure got all the grooves
Nothin that she got that you can't see
 ...What she's got ...does it all for me...well , well...
..splutter ...choke ..."there's my career up in smoke
'cos I've just dropped my tadpoles folks"

The facts are plain for us to see
A man has needs that he must feed
It's on our minds a lot they say
Far too much in a given day
Our thoughts turn to it every ninety seconds
A little too often I think
...don't you reckon?

Wait on a buzz is coming to me now
This ain't good
as I'm telling you how...
With too much time
These thoughts come along
Need to cut down
this very long song
To a shorter one
that would do just fine
Gotta get it down to
a minute twenty nine!!!

But look here girls this is just a ruse
In fact ...amongst this lot ...there ain't much truth
We love you true with all our parts
Even our dusty lusty old hearts

So take us home, forget the alarm
Go on muster that sultry charm
No need for makeup, pearls or beads
A simple man has simple needs

Summoning that rush begs little chance
Really It takes just a sideways glance
To fire up your man you will see...
And go and set those tadpoles free

You've sure got all the moves
You've sure got all the grooves
Everything you got is what I see
All you got ...is all I need

You do it, you do it ...just for me

That's all folks !



Sent from my iPad

Life toughens us... that's for sure

Views in Verse - on resilience.

Life toughens us... that's for sure. They say it is better to have loved than to have not loved at all. It truly hurts that's for sure but, like a broken bone, it comes back stronger than it was before; readying us for further engagement on our own terms.


AWOL


" Guess who called today...?"
A friend did say...
It appears you've come back
After going  away...(I hear...)
You wanted to know
just how I coped with this?

Well if dreams are a guide
I've seen you each night
since that day
you simply took flight
and you could say
I've been a little messed up
Since then...

But daylight finds me
a more grounded guy
far from chasing
dreams in the sky
I 've worked out
who the hell it is
that I really am

I sense you sought
someone better than me
I hope you found a hero
Not a calamity
But whatever your outcomes
I am now at ease

And so as I write
I must 'call it a day' but
Let me first note
in an positive way
"you left me alone and
I learnt to like it!"

So if per chance
you do knock on my door
Be prepared to wait
an hour or more
Yet no matter
how long you wait
The bolt will remain
closed true

For whatever your reasons
I 've spent
too long alone
and from this grind
I surely have grown (and)
In weighing it up...
'you've made me a better man '
(for someone)



Grahame Flynn - Sent from my iPad

It never ceases to amaze how sure we can be of things at a point in time ...

Views in Verse - on fate.


It never ceases to amaze how sure we can be of things at a point in time ......only to see time completely reshape that canvas!

How can we really ever be completely sure of fulfilment when time can be so objectively unkind to even our best intent?

Written all over your face

Our love even now
seems an epic
that time should surely well grace
I surely gave it
the best I could
From the time I saw our future
Written all over your face

For ten years
we shared what seemed
a common dream
Could we settle for a trace?
A love sublime
Now lost to time
but still
Written all over your face

We come together
again today
with sadly
more dreams to erase
I feel now
what is lost
and at such a cost as it's
Written all over your face

Perhaps the cold of this
mountain place
The 'best' we could manage
given life's cruel pace
Has helped me at last to see
our legacy
so plainly
so indelibly
Written all over your face

Adieu...
what more can I say?
Was it...
one dream or two?
a tragic race?
But can one deny
a love so strong
That somehow went wrong?
And still...be
Written all over your face!


Grahame Flynn Sent from my iPhone

Ever been so rocked by a sudden change of life that you can't think straight?

Views in Verse - on grief.



Ever been so rocked by a sudden change of life that you can't think straight?

Usually referred to as grieving; while it can be caused by many things it's impact can be 'mind numbing'

Loss

Wherever I am today
I'm ...alone;
Which way to turn
There's no way home
...I'm lost...
Lost in a state called loss

This way or that?
I really don't care
Night is long
Is this despair?
...yes I'm lost
Lost in a state called loss

You know she meant the world to me
I can't get past this pain
When unsure...
she'd urge me on...
to find my myself again

Deep in my heart
There's things untold
Compass broke...
My life's on hold
I'm lost...
Lost in a state called loss

You know she meant the world to me
I  can't get past this pain
When unsure...
she'd urge me on...
to find my myself again

Can you hear me now?
Can you help me now ...?
I'm lost
Lost in a state called loss


Sent from my iPhone - Grahame J Flynn