Safe and sound

Safe and sound

Safe and sound, in their sanctuary

Sheltered and kept in a pantry.

Much loved plastic from the past -

They’ve had good times and had a blast!

Tho’ sleeves are torn and very worn;

Browned, I frown, feel so forlorn.

With pocket money – less than a pound!

Turn up the volume hear tinny sound,

Alive and well they just still play –

Turn up the vinyl melody today!

The jukebox one without a hole;

Words stolen from my very soul

And there are the evergreens

Takes me back to where I’ve been.

Classics, films and T.V. themes

Soft echoes from our childhood dreams.

Some hard rock, soulful, some amusing,

Picture discs, odd labels - still perusing,

While I look, they bring to mind,

Evoke happy and sad times left behind.

In ten years time they’ll still be there-

Don’t want to see my cabinet bare!

Devoid of some precious memories,

Some passed down from my family.

Can’t part with my cherished 45’s

They’ll stay with me while I’m alive!

The seven inch is here to stay

Collecting more dust every day....

April 2012

Friends

Friends

There are friends who are kind and that listen,
There are friends who will mop up your tears,
There are friends who will guide and steer you
And support you throughout the years.

There are friends that are thinking of you
Who make time to pick up the 'phone.
Their comforting voice and calming advice
When your problems seem like yours alone.

There are friends that will always love you
And prop you up when life isn't fair.
It's just enough that you know they're around -
Knowing that they really care.

There are friends who might not understand you
But are there with open arms and minds
And one little comment that will alter your thoughts,
That will would help through some difficult times.

There are friends who will make you feel better,
There are friends who are willing to share
And just the mere comfort of knowing -
There are friends who are going to be there.

There are friends that will give you their time
And they know when you most need,
There are friends that can read your mind
Or offer logical words of heed.

Our friends are so important,
They're extensions of our family.
We'd be so lost without them,
So without them, where would we be?

There are friends like me with hindsight,
There are friends like me that know.
With so much to give and empathy
When a friendship has started to grow.