TRUST AND ACCEPTANCE

TRUST AND ACCEPTANCE

My eyes have been opened and now shut they cannot

For I have seen far too much, never to be forgot

Treading through mud with little progress how life seems to be

But this is what life is, its not meant to be easy

For it is through trouble and adversity this is how we grow

No experience is wasted each one is useful in it’s own way

And you too will have your eyes opened one day

It’s only at your destination you can look back and realise

For then the blinkers will be removed from your eyes

For only when we have struggled we can see why

This may not be a comfort at this moment this is because you cannot yet see

But the fog will lift and the whole picture seen then you’ll understand like me

If I could give just one piece of advice it would be this

Two little words trust and acceptance hold onto them and don’t dismiss

Believe in these words and your worries will disappear and go

copyright Astrid Brown

LIFE'S TOO SHORT TO BE IMPRISONED

LIFE’S TOO SHORT TO BE IMPRISONED

Nights are long I ache for sleep 

My eyes so tired and red I weep

So imprisoned I long to fly

And feel the wind and touch the sky

There are no physical shackles that restrict and bind

I’m purely a hostage of my mind

If only my mind you departed 

I wouldn’t be here and broken hearted 

If you’re so happy as you say

Why have you come my way?

Indecisiveness is a trap

It will simply bind and hold you back

Learn from me and make a decision 

Life’s too short to be imprisoned

COPYRIGHT ASTRID BROWN

INTO THIS MYSTERIOUS WORLD TO PEEP

INTO THIS MYSTERIOUS WORLD TO PEEP

Who knows what’s in store in my dreams tonight 

Will it be within my grasp or take flight?

Will I be teased as is often the case?

Or will a new path beckon and be my fate?

What ever happens there’s an answer there

Likely the answer is not fair

We may not understand what at first is shown

But when we’ve worked it out our soul will have grown 

My eyes are heavy it’s time for sleep

As I journey into this mysterious world to peep

COPYRIGHT ASTRID BROWN

EACH OTHER'S HEARTS

EACH OTHER’S HEARTS

What is a true love relationship? it’s a meeting of minds

Not just a physical one of the transient kind

Not like a falling leaf to wither, shrivel and die

Nor the kind to destroy you and have you cry

It’s the coming together of all of the whole

Your very being, your entire soul

And no matter what happens there will be a connection

Not one that will tear you apart in the opposite direction

You both know what the other is thinking

No words are needed for your souls are linking

You both laugh at the same very things

Your presence with each other makes each of your hearts sing

And you both feel the pain when each other is sad

You can’t offend each other or even be truly mad

Now you may say this is the stuff of fairy tales and fantasies

A cloud cuckoo dream of impossible imageries

It doesn’t happen often and it seems totally bizarre

There’s no rhyme or reason to it and no distance is too far

But you’ll know when you have it, you’ll sense it, there’s a knowing

And from a tiny seed of instant connection it will keep on growing

Carving and etching, impressing deep in your brain

You won’t be able to forget and your life will never again be the same

Nor can you escape for what is the divine

For each other’s hearts are both yours and mine

COPYRIGHT ASTRID BROWN

THERE MIGHT BE A FROG OR AN UGLY TOAD

THERE MIGHT BE A FROG OR AN UGLY TOAD

Once upon a time in a far away land

A prince came and took me by the hand

He gazed deeply into my eyes

And spoon fed me fairy tales and lies

He promised me fantasies of dreams to come true

And I fell for them hook line and sinker for them too

He reeled me in

For a web of deceit he’d spin

Then one day my rosy bubble burst

It would seem my dream appeared was cursed

Who was my prince? not who I was led to believe

But a frog in disguise whom my heart deceived

Don’t fall for every prince you see

Nor fall for their deluded fantasy

For underneath their crown of gold

There might be a frog or an ugly toad

Astrid Brown (c)  

PLEASE DO NOT MISS ME

PLEASE DO NOT MISS ME

Please do not miss me for I have not gone

Nor neither cry or for me long

For I am still here

And you will find me where

Upon a breeze I will call

And brush your face by the leaves that fall

For as the sun shines in its warmth you’ll feel my smile

As I’ve been been here all the while

And as darkness falls and from this stars peep

By your side gently I will creep

And by your side quietly I will lie

Still i’ll be as you gently close your eyes

And as you sleep and dream’s journey travel

We’ll be together united in this true love marvel

Astrid Brown ©