Time

Time is a gift, a currency to be invested,

Not something to be wasted or detested.

There is a time and a season for everything,

Be excited for what each new day will bring.

There is a time to enjoy, to have some fun,

And a time to be serious, to get things done.

Always be ready, for the time will soon pass,

Running out like fine sand in an hourglass.

There is a time to wait for, a season in due time,

But stay productive while you’re still in your prime.

Number each day, counting each as your last,

For time passes like a blink and is gone so fast.

Be mindful of how you spend your time,

For being idle and wasting it is a sinful crime.

Value each moment, before they become a memory,

Consider time with loved ones as each day’s luxury.

Time spent with others is not measured by quantity,

For the value you place determines its quality.

There is an appointed time to fulfil your life’s purpose,

Live a life that matters, whether at home or in an office.

Each second you unwrap in every hour is special,

Not just for chores to be ticked off your schedule.

Your past time is over, your future is still to follow,

Your present time’s a gift, stop worrying about tomorrow.

Stop killing time, buying time or just passing time,

Instead start finding more time and making time,

Take time to breathe, and not wish or stress it away,

Prioritise with an eternal, heavenly focus each day.

Stop being distracted or only attentive to your flesh,

Treat each new day with excitement that’s fresh.

Spend your time wisely, investing it well.

For your time draws near to bid your life farewell.

Hope is the Cure

I wish I’d said the sky was still blue

Even though you saw only clouds

To show you all life’s bright colours

That would’ve washed out your doubts

I wish I’d shared every rainbow

Every promise of anchored hope

Then maybe you would’ve endured

And found a better way to cope

I wish I’d shared a positive thought

For every negative thought you spewed

That would have cancelled them out

And not let your anger be chewed

I know if I had shared more hope

Then things could’ve been different

You wouldn’t have lost your will

If only I’d not been so ignorant

I wish I had known the poison within

That bound you captive and sad

If only you had seen life’s hope

Life wouldn’t have seemed so bad

For hope is the cure that you need

That gives you the strength to fly

No matter how rotten life can get

Hope helps us not to quit or cry

Heaven Untold

I wish I had told you about heaven
I pray that is where you’re at
But if you’re in the flames of hell
I can only blame myself for that

I wish I could have been braver
And not worried what you thought
For you do not only live once
That’s what I should have taught

I wish I had shared the good news
Of a heavenly home up above
A place so much better than earth
Instead, I only shared my love

I wish I had explained to you
The very purpose of your life
To know that death is not the end
There’s a reward for all your strife

I wish I’d said all these things
But sadly, it’s now too late
For you are gone - deceased

Who knows your ended fate…

I wish I'd said... in Retrospect

I wish I’d said how bad things were
Maybe then you’d understand
I did not mean to leave like that
Things didn’t turn out as planned

I spoke with you the week before
Could you not hear my pain?
My tears were wet upon my cheeks
Yet you gave no reason to remain

I am sorry for the grief I caused
I know that my death did sting
But my life was as good as ruined
I had nothing left to bring

I didn’t have the will or courage
To leave you with a letter
I know how you searched for one
Would it have made you feel better?

I wish I’d shared with you my heart
My failures, faults and my fears
I tried so hard to make things right
But words got strangled by my tears

Please can you try forgive me
It was a coward’s way to quit
If only I could have seen the future

I wouldn’t be left with this regret

Cycle of Life

For every soul that dies on earth

A new baby is born to the world

To populate for a new generation

Is to replace something new for old

Birth is a life’s new beginning

With a world as its oyster to grow

It takes a life time of lessons learnt

Before a soul’s wisdom will show

A baby will teach you dependence

It will change your world upside down

For every year that is added to life

Can be seen as a long countdown

But life is not a test to be passed

But a journey of love and discovery

Every day should be an adventure

From the moment of your delivery

When life slows down and age is set

You revert back to a dependent baby

For our lives are just a cycle of stages

Where we try living until we're set free

First Christmas without you...

How do I face my first Christmas without you
When the joy of this season has gone
I can’t think of the meal or what I should do
My heart has no room for a Carol song

How can I make this Christmas still fun
For the children you have left behind
There’s still plenty of shopping to be done
And Christmas presents to hunt and find

What will we do for our Christmas tradition
When you were the one we looked up to
You were the one who gave us direction
Even their Father Christmas was you

Please give us a sign you’re up above
That you’ll be watching us from heaven
Still with us spiritually with your love
To make it still special for our children

I wish I had...

I wish I had more time to prepare for your leaving 

To help me through the many stages of grieving

I wish I had known what you wrote in your will

You’ve left a hole inside that no-one else can fill

One minute you were here, the next, gone

Without you I have nowhere to belong

I still can’t believe you’re gone and it’s real

I don’t know how I am supposed to feel

You left me no note, no dates to remember

You promised me a life full of adventure

Who will I turn to for help and assistance?

Why did you leave me stranded like this?

Please give me a sign to know you can hear

Comfort my heart to take away this fear

Did you make it to heaven, I wish I could know

Help me to live well, this new life as a widow