Graceful

Heart and brain

Filled with so much pain

A difficult life

Full of trials and strife

Metaphorically

Sliced with dagger and knife

But her gentle eyes

Touch other lives

Like a quiet breeze

Sofly moving leaves

In mighty oak trees

Bending with weight

of responsibilty

Grounded in Spirituality

Woman of strength

Sensitivity and light

Like a clear candle flame

Which flickers and flares

Blazing warm light

When conditions are right

Tender hands

Wiping away tears

Chasing fears

Allowing healing

Amongst the grieving

Breathing deeply

Into your being

The love flowing

Eternally knowing

You are never alone.

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September 2024

Today I was acompanied

While

Stepping off the train

A stranger, deep connection

Onto the escalator

Together

Entering the City station

Now

Gliding in front of me

A galactic being

Dressed in a jacket of

burgundy leather

wearing pale blue trousers

Bare feet tucked in slip on shoes

His golden hair flowing gently

Touching base with pale neck

Tiny case moving with rythmn

As he glided

Ethereally

Through the throng

David Bowie

There was no song

As he disapeared.

I stood in my garden

Fully absorbed

Sunset golden evening

drifting fluffy clouds

Gentle blue sky

Edged with pale pink hue

I thought of you

Swifts circling above

Tiny wings and hearts

Fluttering and beating

Listening

Receiving whispers of love.

Ancient brown stone

Weathered and beaten

Standing strong

Dignified, alone

Battered by gales

Biting howling

Whistling wild wind

Torrential icy rain

She, solid as a rock

Steeped in the old ways

Immovable in the raging

Of the wild haunting

Stepping inside

Explosion of vibrant colour

Expanse of welcoming warmth

Harmonious melodic music

Vibrant musicians

Encapsulated in their world

Hot comfort food

Liquid luxury

Two distinct parts

Complete symmetry

Perfect gathering

Sanctuary

Such a Long time

Since we were together

I missed you

Were you lonely?

Without me

I was, Am

Without you.

Ancient brown stone

Weathered and beaten

Standing strong

Dignified, alone

Battered by gales

Biting howling

Whistling wild wind

Torrential icy rain

She, solid as a rock

Steeped in the old ways

Immovable in the raging

Of the wild haunting.

Stepping inside

Explosion of vibrant colour

Expanse of welcoming warmth

Harmonious melodic music

Vibrant musicians

Encapsulated in their world

Hot comfort food

Liquid luxury

Two distinct parts

Complete symmetry

Perfect gathering

Sanctuary

© Elizabeth Rowland-Elliott 2/5/2023

Ancient mighty observers

Giants witnessed by trees

Symbols of magic and mystery

Ancestors drift amongst history

Sacred Earthland

Peeping between the stones

Tiny blue forget me knots

Golden Buttercups

Grass of Emerald green

Misty mountain hues

Healing embracing nature

Sweeping away the blues

How would I know

It would hit me so hard

The past reared it’s head

In monochrome red

Like a sword through my heart

When I heard he was dead

Faithful Love unlimited

silky brown hair

Chocolate brown Eyes

shining with love

Courage and pain

Lying in the rain

Hiding his pain

Time now to travel

On a different path

Alone.

Childhood

Wondering and wandering

Wide Saucer eyes

Following fluff from dandelions

blowing in the breeze

Dancing and flowing

not a care,

just,

where to plant their seed?

known as weeds

Grandmother taught the benefits

healing with powerful ‘weeds’