Following waking up to sunshine for the last couple of weeks it is a shock to the system to see Tuesday accompanied by the dreary rain, still nevermind as in the words of Dolly Parton,

'The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.'

I have certainly found in my life that by standing tall when the rain falls the rainbows are well worth waiting for.  As the rain clouds disappear and the sun shines again it is important that we hold on to the experience and the lessons the rain has delivered.  It is my belief that as in nature,  the rain feeds us what we need to grow, to become stronger and therefore enables us to enjoy the sunshine of the good times when they are delivered.

Todays poem is taking from my book 'Made it Thru the Rain' , 'A New Dawn' was written when the clouds had begun to move on following my journey through depression, it was the start of a new chapter in my life, a chapter where my positive thinking had really started to take shape and was bringing to fruitition the reality of my dreams.

So remember if it is raining today in your life, be sure to look forward to that rainbow that is sure to follow.

A New Dawn

  I have turned a corner
               Only I can see
                   I smile inside as
                     The warmth of its direction
                Curls itself around                                
                                My heart
                                    As
                             My thoughts
                                     Turn to light the
                                                Way ahead

 

I give in!

As another vision became reality in 2012 and I became a published author, as a result many can't understand why I don't blog on a regular basis.

The answer is I have no idea....I write daily posts on the 'Awaken Life Coaching' facebook page through which I receive great feedback, I send out an inspirational quote every Monday to those who have signed up to my monthly newsletter, I send out regular newsletters to my database, I send cards and letters, I guest blog for others, I write / publish Ebooks and I write articles... so you tell me why I don't blog!!

Anyway today following another 'Awaken' workshop I have been persuaded again to start to blog my poetry, it is this at present that has no platform.  I have bags of poetry that I have written over the years, when it sees light and people read it I gain positive feedback along with a wonderment of why it has never been shared.

If you have read my book 'Made it Thru the Rain' you will know that in 2009 I crashed out of the corporate world and travelled a journey through the dark days of depression. In this book each chapter of my book does in fact start with a poem, so it seemed a natural course to share this genre of my writing with you.

As I read a number of my old poems now I can sometimes see sadness in the lines, a lot of them were written at the times I suffered a bruised heart, it was my dad that told me a heart gets bruised but it never breaks! I will share many of these poems with you as well as the happier ones and the ones I wrote for my family.

I may even share some of my dear nans poetry, she sadly passed away when I was only twelve but I know she would be chuffed to see that a number of her works were now being shared publically.

Today I will share a poem that was written when I was re-entering the world of relationships, having had my heart bruised it was with trepidation...

Insecurity

Hold me
Not too tight
But just for a moment.....before you leave
This time it's for real
I can feel it
But I need the security of your touch
You run your fingers through my hair
Your lips touch mine......like a breeze on a warm summers day
You let go
You walk away
You turn as you open the door

You smile
'See you tonight'- you call
I laugh at my own
Insecurity!