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My Heart Learnt to Fly

  • Posted on June 27, 2022June 28, 2022
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My heart learnt to flyWhen you said yesFinally, I said goodbyeTo a life of distress My heart is now contentIn the warmth of your armsThe bad days were spentWhen I fell under your charms My…

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Stories

Pure Velvet

  • Posted on June 27, 2022June 28, 2022
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She sat in a cornerSoftly playing her guitarAnd everyone adored herOne day she will be a star The garden rang with musicSongs of love and joyThe ambiance was therapeuticWhich nothing could destroy A voice of…

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Sorrow

Cruelty of Time

  • Posted on June 27, 2022June 28, 2022
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When all you have loved has goneHow cold and lonely is your soulAnd it is so so hard to go on and onWhen your heart has no control The cruelty of timeCan destroy lives and…

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Stories

I Lose Myself

  • Posted on June 27, 2022June 28, 2022
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I lose myself in a songThat is full of love and painAnd I love to sing alongEven when walking in the rain I lose myself in the wordsHow choruses and versesMatch the chordsand gives the…

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Places

Sorrento

  • Posted on June 22, 2022June 23, 2022
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How can you not love SorrentoLittle alleys full of little shopsBut you will always find a momentoAnd you need never worry about raindrops Orange and lemon groves all aroundAnd colours, so many colours, everywhereA place…

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Political

Broken Promises Land

  • Posted on June 22, 2022June 23, 2022
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We live in a broken promises landIncompetence hidden behind liesDo they really think we don’t understand?When the evidence is before our eyes We have a government run on spinAlways deflect from the factsTo tell the…

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Happy

The Wall

  • Posted on June 22, 2022June 23, 2022
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Baskets of flowers adorn the wallPurple, yellow, redThere’s no way to describe them allBut they will turn your head Flowers saying Summer is upon usStop, look around and take inHow nature just does without a…

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Happy

A Summer Day

  • Posted on June 17, 2022June 20, 2022
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Tailored shorts and summer dressesA pub garden on a summer dayEveryone looking so impressiveAnd staying till the sun slips away Rose and white wineDecorate the tablesEveryone is feeling fineAnd no one bothers to read the…

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Stories

What’s Normal

  • Posted on June 15, 2022June 16, 2022
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These days we are less formalIn our thinking and our dressSo, is this the new normal?Is being informal a success? But if you cling to the pastIsn’t this still a normal for youAnd if you…

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Love

A Mother’s Prayer

  • Posted on June 13, 2022June 16, 2022
  • by George Ruddock

How long has this beenOnce I was your worldAnd you thought I was a queenOh, how things have changed Now you have grownYou have a life away from meI am on my own and aloneAnd…

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