Poetry
From the September-October 2009 Newsletter
Moving On
For L.J.S, 1914-2009
1
Family, friends, church and love by the tonne.
A short journey down the path at All Saints Saint Andrews.
A life transfigured and the rest of my life too.
A long life lived and loved and a good story told.
2
It's hard to get your head round this stuff.
-- no one to blame or get angry with
Be rude to, yet expect to always pick up
The pieces; admire your silly and minor
Excellences, defend your absolute right to talk
Rubbish, judge you when you must be
Judged - all this and still pick up
The pieces.
3
Ah well, I guess it must be time.
-- Time to call 'time'!
Time to stop or start
Time to move up or down or
Through or in or out or
Just to move.
Time to do with or
Do without
Time to make decisions or
Go with the flow.
Time to make it happen or
Chill right out.
4
Whichever way you look at it, it's that time.
Time to grow up, to stop playing games.
They just wouldn't be the same any more.