Saturday, February 25, 2023

Workplace change

Welcome to ...

Change is constant
Embracing
Planning
Agility
Transmitting
Evolving
Repeating
Change is coming
Unease
Anticipate
Vacuum
Rumours
Change has arrived
Fight
Flight
Freeze
Change is here
Circling
Present
Fought
Flown
Frozen
Acceptance
Change has passed
Change is constant...

Burnout

Loaded down 
Pushed around
Feeling the pinch
From week to week
Washed out 
Struggling through

Withdrawn
Struggling to engage
Sitting in the wilderness 
Amongst the rubble
Brought down
By uncontrolled changed

Need to connect
Collectively find strength
Stand up and be countered
Find our voices to face down
The next tide 
Rushing our way

~ Written in response to what many, including myself, are feeling in the workplace. Inspired by those in my Union who give me strength by all they do for others.

Remixed with one of my photos 



Monday, April 25, 2022

Politics

Take your negativity & throw it away Show me your policies & how you'll change lives Tired of word games I'm over the lies


Originally posted on Twitter

Saturday, September 25, 2021

Dreamscape

 


Sailing amongst a dreamscape Drifting gently upon each breath Hoping the sandman lets me stay



Inspired by

https://twitter.com/YourMoonliness/status/1434998492296925188

Wednesday, May 05, 2021

Autumn Sonnet 2.0

Drawn to your illuminating allure
Made of amber hues dancing in the light
Twirling and swaying in fiery grandeur
Turning, floating, falling as you take flight

While you steal the warmth and breath from my world 
Life turns to brittle pieces of decay 
As more diamond flecked blankets are unfurled
Darkness continues to swallow the day

The misty grey brims with an oozing chill
Then your mood swings arc back to startling blues
Amongst the dampness I inhale my fill
Of the beautiful starkness drifting loose

Spiral circles from beginning to end
An expected cycle both foe and friend



(Note: This poem was written a while ago as part of a series of pieces describing the four seasons, after a friend challenged me to write a sonnet.)

Summer Sonnet 2.0

The warmth you radiate pulls me to your embrace 
Your light lingers mingling in everything
Even as the ebb of time dictates you race
In this moment there is no doubt you are king

Out of your divine dynasty morsels are born
Providing feasts of tastes and textures so sublime
While this growing banquet ripens into a storm 
We reach the pinnacle where your supreme reign shines

From within your heart a chorus of music flows
This kaleidoscope of senses ensnares us all
A stretching canvas washed in strokes and shades of blues
With overwhelming beauty bringing forth our fall

Yet a truth remains as you hold others at bay
Your glowing heat so loved will have to end one day

Monday, July 13, 2020

Mum xxx

Last day...
Laughter
Found easily.
Thankfulness
For a lovely cuppa.
Memories
Sharing tales.
Pain
Constant shadow.
Strength
Palpable.
Companionship
Being together.
Love
Freely given.
No guilt
A final plea.

Days since...
A piece
Missing.
Sadness
Lingering.
Tears
Waves falling.
Kinship
Connecting.
Identity
Acceptance.
Remembering
Overwhelming.
Mantra
No regrets.
Gifted with
A full life lived.

Days to come...
Lessons learnt
Laugh
Share
Love
Accept.
Live life
With no regrets!

Sunday, May 31, 2020

Hope is and can ...

Hope is a privilege 
Hope is a gift 
Hope is a tapestry
Hope flows and ebbs
Hope can be fleeting 
Hope can fade away ...

When hope vanishes
Hope turns to despair!


First written as a tweet and shared via Twitter