All poems on this site are copyright of Beverley Balogh
I asked my Australian friends how they built a family filled with such happy memories. The answer I got stayed with me and eventually became a part of this poem. "It doesn't suddenly happen overnight, you build it in slow incremental steps"
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Beverley
CHILDHOOD DREAMS
Why was it somewhere along the way, I lost my childhood dreams
Maybe because the path I took, led to commerce and its schemes
Today there is nothing left, of that innocent wide-eyed child
Who'd expected to conquer the world, and who really had tried
With a pure and open heart, and the blind eagerness of youth
To change what was hated into loved, and lies into the truth
They sit now in this tower block, reflecting upon my past
Questioning all those childhood dreams, asking why they did not last
I should be happy but I'm not, for there's nobody to share
The trappings of the rich and famous, which lay around me here
When did I start to think that wealth, and power were everything
Now I realise that joy comes from, a few very simple things
Like family and loving friends, who'll be there until the end
Sharing all life's ups and downs, and giving you the chance to spend
Time building the kind of memories, you won't want to forget
Because they've been put together, in slow incremental steps
If I had my life to live over, I know now what I'd do
To avoid making the same mistakes, I'd hold on tight to you
MINDFULLY LIVING
To become enriched by a new awareness
of a world you previously did not clearly see
And to improve your well-being as you learn
to follow the path of living mindfully
First don't allow the past make you live with
feelings and thoughts of sorrow and regret
Or settle for something because it is the
easy thing to do or you will risk the threat
Of falling out of love with both yourself
and then naturally, the life you now lead
However by keeping three important things
open you will slowly but surely succeed
Simply by keeping your heart, mind and eyes
open you will eventually be able to see
How wonderful things can be when you start
"living your life mindfully"
Everyone is special
Everyone is special right from
the day of their birth
With a DNA that is unique from
all others on this earth
Some are simply born with beauty
that can be seen at a glance
Whilst others have a natural charm
that can easily entrance
Yes we are all special in our
own way that is for sure
And it does not matter whether
we are rich or we are poor
We all have a gift of something
that was given to us at birth
In some it's nurtured and develops whilst
others sadly never realise it's worth.
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