Kindness Prevails

Life in the time of uncertainty

Precious moments missed

Precious moments doled out

Over internet we share

A smile a wave to relatives

Friends too

Connected by voice and hope

Near and far

Stories told by voice and video

Intimacy communicated

That human need to be

With people still survives

Even with physical distancing

We are one

In this together

Kindness prevails

We’ll survive

Humanity will win.

©Sheilagh Lee  April 3, 2020

Persevere

©Sheilagh Lee  April 2, 2020

Together

©Sheilagh Lee  April 1, 2020

Unthinking behaviour

Alone

In a sea of voices

Crying out in

Boredom

Anguish

Despair

Physical Distance

We share on Facebook

We reachout on Twitter

A necessity

A plague

A pandemic

The voices cry

Some voices shout

You won’t get me

They break out

Spread disease and havoc

In their wake

Some die, some don’t

Their selfish unthinking behavior

Condemns us all.

©Sheilagh Lee  March 27, 2020

Happy World Kindness Day

New Release~ Poetry in Motion ~A Forest of Feelings

New Release

Poetry in Motion ~A Forest of Feelings

Available in Kindle,E-pub,and Paperback now at Amazon 

A forest of feelings embracing joy, love, passion, sadness, and political commentary, feelings of nature and personal opinions 

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Waiting

I know you're waiting

For that ride 

Your love is coming 

Finally 

To take you away

I'm happy for you

you'll have no pain

No more worries, or woe

Youth will find you again

My heart bleeds 

For my mother 

Is going home

And I'll miss you 

Forever more

©Sheilagh Lee  May 12, 2019

For June

For June

If I could have picked

A mother-in –law

She’d have been

A lot like you

A giving mother

With a sense of humor

Who taught her children

To be clever and kind

To be generous

Without a thought

To express themselves

Without worry or reprisal

That debate was lively conversation

Within a family

No ill will was thought

That acceptance to the family

Was because love abided here

©Sheilagh Lee  May 17, 2019

I miss you ❤️

RIP June

If I had wings

If I had wings

If I had wings

I’d want to fly

High up in the sky

To touch the heavens

To see your smile

Just one more time

To hear your voice

But even now

I close my eyes

I hear your voice

Your wisdom echoes

Deep within my mind

I see the smile

That could have launched

A thousand ships

But that chose

To birth and raise

Six children

How lucky we were

To have such a tender soul

To teach and guide us

Thank- you Mom

For everything and know

We miss you still.

©Sheilagh Lee  May 11, 2019

Forget Us Not

Forget Us Not

The sky dark and fiery

A solemn crowd stood round the cenotaph

The old, the young and in between

Old men and women in wheelchairs

Pushed by the young

All bundled against the bitter wind

Remembering days of old

Stories told by family

Throughout the years

Of great-grandfather, great-grandmother, great aunts and uncles

Grandmothers and grandfather, aunts and uncles
Those newly indoctrinated into the club
Of wounded and dead veterans

Ceremony took place

Heads were bowed

Prayers were said

As heads were raised

The heavenly sight was seen

The clouds lifted

The winds stilled

Light trickled down

A single ray of light

Shone round

In all heads a voice was heard

We sacrificed our futures and lives for you

Forget us not

The bells pealed out

A hundred times

Forget us not!!

©Sheilagh Lee  November 8 2018