READY TO LET GO

For My True Blue Friend

Too long I’ve kept a stranglehold,

On fond old memories,

To fragments of a bygone age,

With fierce tenacity. 

Like a child I had my fingers,

Clasped tight around a time,

When star strewn skies provided,

The cadence to my rhyme.

You smiled a little sadly,

And let my heart entwine,

Aware  I wasn’t ready,

You kept your hand in mine.

Clutched in a painful vise too long,

While I refused to grow,

Thanks for staying with me,

Till I was ready to let go.

Myra D’Souza - 20^th November 2012

FRIEND OF MY HEART --(Written with a little heartache for a friendship that I thought had not stood the test of time. Thankfully I was wrong - it did!)

I chased the sound of laughter,

In the summer of an age,

When I weaved childish fantasies,

With the visage of a sage.

Looking back with longing,

Clutching on to straws,

Hungering to keep alive,

A season’s spell that was.

I blew on dying embers,

Cooling through the years,

Viewing a cherished friendship,

Fade and disappear.

In a flash spoke Wisdom,

Through the written Word,

Do not trust in mortals,

Place all your hope in God.

My truest Friend was waiting,

Until I recognized,

That He alone can love me,

With a love that satisfies.

The God of all creation,

Embraced me in His light,

When I let go my childish dreams,

And let the past take flight.

Myra D’Souza/15th April 2010