THE PASSING OF THE YEARS

THE PASSING OF THE YEARS 

I’ve done some thinking lately

And it somehow frightens me,

Just how the years are passing

And the changes that I see.

My body tells me I am older

But in my mind I am still a girl

Taking on the world’s great problems

With a flourish and a swirl.

I still have a sense of justice

As I had once before,

It’s my body that is aging

In my mind I’m twenty four.

Marching in a protest

Standing for what I believe.

I did that again at fifty five

No changes I perceive.

Forty years have passed

Since I first gave birth

To see my “baby” fully grown

The greatest joy on earth.

I have passed the baton on

To another daughter bold

Whose heart so wide and open

The whole world it could hold.

Brown spots upon my hands

Oh gosh - Oh deary me.

That only happens to older folk ~

But it is happening to me!

I still feel the same about things,

And still love and think and feel

All the things I always felt –

But there are wounds which will not heal.

I still feel the barb of great injustice

To the people of the world.

I still weep great tears of sorrow

As another grenade is hurled.

Once I would have stood outside Offices

And told them the thoughts in my head,

But arthritis in my feet now pains me

So I’ll email them instead.

It’s not a glamorous business

This growing older day by day,

But I try to do it with dignity

And watch the things I say.

Yes I am growing older

And I don’t like it very much. ~

It takes me about twice as long

To do only half as much.

I still weep at nature’s beauty

And friendships kindly ways,

The dewdrop on a summer rose

Crisp and misty autumn days.

Birthdays at forty, fifty, sixty

All came and went away.

I really am quite grateful

For each and every day.

So as I look in the mirror

And see the lines upon my face,

I try to recall the things I’ve done

And the memories I retrace.

I am glad I have these wrinkles

They are a map of the years,

They tell the story of my life

Of the laughter and the tears.

So growing old is a blessing

And thankful I will be

For all the friends who have supported

And travelled this road with me

  

©  Linda J. Vaughan

26 October 2004

YOU CAME INTO MY THOUGHTS

YOU CAME INTO MY THOUGHTS

I thought of you this morning

And wondered how you were.

I want to be in touch with you

To let you know I care.

I wondered how your days have been,

And what life has brought your way.

Is there sunshine on your path

Or do raindrops mist your day?

I hope that you are keeping well

And happiness is yours,

I hope that you can find some time

To open memories doors.

I saw a rose in my garden

Still wet with morning dew,

The violets are blooming

And I would like to pick them for you.

I watched a kitten playing

And to me it brought some smiles.

I wish you joy and laughter

Across so many miles.

I made a pot of coffee

And chose a cup for you.

I wish you a very happy day ~

Just know I thought of you.

© Linda J. Vaughan

SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY

SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY

I took a trip in memory today

And travelled down the years

There was laughter to behold,

And eyes to wipe from tears.

In memory I strayed over time,

Stood and opened my heart’s door,

I gazed and I recalled

The way things were before.

It made me stop and look at life

And the things that bring me pleasure,

The days when emotion was high

And I made memories to treasure.

I walked in fields of daffodils,

Felt the sea wind on my face,

Kicked through autumn leaves

And saw spider webs of lace.

I once more held a baby

And smelled the fragrance sweet,

There were diamonds in my sky

And flowers at my feet.

I sat and talked in friendship

Quiet confidence and trust,

I watched the river on its bar

Saw fire, flood and dust.

I let a year pass before me

Saw the seasons come and go,

Saw the best of sentimental treasures

That my heart will ever know.

No jewels here of earthly value~

No fortune to be spent,

Just the best of my hearts treasures

That Heaven ever sent.

©   Linda J. Vaughan,

June 11th. 2006

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