There are some times in life where you take a chance, don’t know where it will lead and then marvel at the positives that have come from it. The building of my new website, this one, is one of those times.
Michael is a young, committed and deep human. I’ve always been aware of his purpose-led marketing consultancy PIG (standing for Purpose Impact Growth). … Just a sideline, isn’t that a wonderful name! But I’ve now had the privilege of working with him and his team of interns in the building of my site. I think you’ll agree, they’ve done a fantastic job. Throughout the whole process I’ve been impressed with Michael’s professionalism, creative skills and ability to lead, include and empower others. I’ve been honoured to experience the results of his social ethos and purpose. Michael’s model for PIG is a company that gives work experience to those looking to develop their career in design, marketing, branding and so on, to then transition into work in that speciality. A simple concept, delivered with skill, compassion, care and finesse. I can’t speak highly enough of Michael, PIG, his team and my experience of being carried forward in to my new website. I have felt listened to, respected as the client and honoured as a person. I have a website I’m proud of, that accurately portrays me and my creativity. No mean feat. Thank you Michael, Rhani, Kowchika, Louis, Carly, Alicia.
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Let the breeze wash over you
Let the sun do its work Let your eyes feast on the beauty Let the pain subside Let your friends envelop you Let your laughter out Let your lightness come and shine Let your beauty show Let yourself be content Let this time heal your wounds Let it happen Let it go. Are you up?
Are you down? Are you mobile? Are you around? Do I have space to be? Or do I need to see What needs to done In this moment I'm free. I'm exhausted In body I'm confused In mind But I keep looking to find The strength To be, to see, to plan... To simply, breathe. Oh you wicked life You've dealt your card You've cut right through Our burgeoning hearts. You're cruel, you're mean We didn't see The space we had, When we could just be. Now it’s: Medical kit Appointments galore Restrictions Contradictions Redactions And action. Always, action. I'm screaming for space A slower pace Grace I'm struggling with Energy Balance Conflict in needs Planting seeds Of hope, instead of fear. I'm here. I want to be here I'm clear. My love for you Will keep me always here and near. So. Today. Our lives are different. I need to find the good. I've now understood That life is precious It's raw It hurts It's beauty is flawed But it has a new law. Live. Love. Today. We may not get more. I love you with every claw Of my fingers Trying to close the door Against the tide and the roar Of my pain. It's insane. I love you I want the best for you. My heart bleeds With seeds of desperation To find reason In this season of confusion That has become So precious. So precious. Today. We have today. Live that way. Give way. Play. Stay In the moment. It's my only way To make sense of Each precious, precious Day. I hope I can do this. I'm trying to do this. Please be patient while I try. I can't lie. This is hard. I'm relaxing my guard To be human. We're both human Struggling. I have no more delusion. In this new life Full of strife We have today. Only today. I'm trying to live that way. I love you. My heart sings with the possibility of opening fully
Drawing in nature’s rapture through the smiles, sounds, touch and breath that surround me - like a newborn skin. Beauty envelopes my soul with vibrance Warm, enriching, fulfilled Flowing as a trickling brook over smoothed worn boulders and pebbles of past pain. My body is the reciprocal and filter to receive Soaking in the nourishment in which each breath sits. Entwining and gently pulsing through my veins. I am the river of the ingenious machine of life. Gratitude rises through the pores of my skin Resting and evaporating, to mix with the air of all living things. All that I am bounces back through the mirror of my eyes Pollinating each landing place of my gaze. To be repeated in the chain reaction of all that is natural. I am whole. I am everything. I am nothing. I am here. Hey dude, you construed
To take me back to my pain You hit me where it hurt. Disempowerment. Your act of violence Won't stay silent No violence will. Empowerment. I still feel your punch In my back. You're attack. It brought it all back. F*** it's not right To be attacked For any reason: Whether quietly hidden or seen. F*** I won't take it from anyone It's a trigger that flips me Like a mouse trap It so takes me back. How does a person stop the damage Ongoing. There's a huge difference between being a victim, passive And recognising the signs, active. I feel no sympathy for you. None. I exist and stand equal with others. You will not take away my power To stand tall, to be visible. I will not tolerate violence. Of any kind. Parents, who have tried their best, and given you the structure to launch
A brother, who is there, and caring, when the chips are down A partner, who listens, who you can share and build with, and express who you are Friends, who you don't need to explain yourself to Hugs Love, expressed - to those close and strangers Forget money, job, status. Strip back the glitter. Gaze at your neighbour and connect. I seem to have a talent for doing silly things; please feel free to add any for which you've shaken your head in disbelief (like I have) or had a laugh at my expense! Here are 20 that I can think of. Thank you for your patience with me dear family and friends.
Today
Today my world changed A shackle came off my heart. Despite not being directly affected My being opened up … To liberty. To hope. To humanity. Today is momentous. Today my heart is warm Bubbling with excitement Brimming with friendship To all people, who should all be equal. Today surely, the world will grow. Edgily, imperfectly sometimes; but forward. We breath a sigh of relief We smile with twinkling eyes We hug and see within people Today. People gay, straight, whatever, whoever Come together In a public and legal recognition Of human rights. Of liberty. Of recognition of human connection. Today will never be like yesterday People of the same gender can EXPECT To be treated as equal, instead of hope You are equal. We are equal. Today, I’m proud of the world I live in. What a strong, positive statement when so much in our world is wrong. Today, a wrong was put right. Today. What can be achieved tomorrow? Rustle through my hair, o wind
Flitter across my face Like ripples on a sea. I feel your cool breeze Waken me. Chirp away to your friends, o little bird Sing your melody With full orchestra. I hear your morning song Quieten me. Melt the morning drew, o sun Waken the day With your radiant light. I bask in your rays and let them Warm me. Stand tall, o tree Strong and proud Home to thousands of insects unseen. I note your resilience; Strengthen me. Form and unform, o cloud Change before my eyes Flowing, adapting, accepting. I remember your ability to Still me. Thank you, nature For your varied contribution To waken me To quieten me, To warm me, To strengthen me, To still me, To welcoming, accepting and replenishing me. Shine on bright star,
Shine on. Rise up high To the heavens of your calling. Sparkle. Take your glow To pastures new. To your second life, eternal. Your work here is done kind Sir. Your gold dust has settled In hearts and minds Of many earthly beings. It's time for you to beam In your own realm For yourself With your own God. Know that you have loved, well. Know that you have been loved, deeply. Know that your patience, kindness and service to others Has landed and spread wings where you have touched. Oh darling bright star Rest. Enjoy, up high. I shall see you Looking over me As you always have. And smile with endless love and tenderness For you will never leave me. Your bright star With continue to glow In my heart, my body, my life and the lives of others. You have shown me so much Bright star It is time for me to spread my wings And let you go, And it's time for you to glow. |
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