Just happy tears

Just happy tears

Please don't cry!

Name a star after me

In the sky!

A novice poet -

Blow it!

Please don't dwell 

And wonder why.

When it's dark

Please don't think too deep

About me,

Just the funny things!

Our lives on this earth

End just too fast.

Enjoy your life

Go far and wide

I'll be around

And try to guide.

During the night

When it's clear

Ill be bright

And be with you 

Until daylight.

And during the day

When butterflies

Fly your way

Whether yellow, blue

A purple hue

I'll be nurturing you.

Copyright Linda Lawrence

25^th June 2026

Hooked on cruising

 Hooked on cruising!

Hooked on cruising!

Different every day,

Confused people like us

Trying to find their way!

Mini city on the water,

Would really love to stay

Can't wait to dock around

A pretty picturesque bay.

I've lost count of staircases

And lifts on this 

Gigantic boat!

15 restaurants, 5000 people

How does it ever float!

Warm up in a jacuzzi 

While docked in ice and snow,

The sun was hot

We took the photos!

Glaciers and mountains

Find a legend between

So glad we've been!

Fjords and those trolls

God bless their souls!

And all the indulgent

Al carte,

I'll keep a cruise holiday

Close to my heart!

Young people, some older

Always something to do

When I look over my shoulder!

Cocktails, mocktails

Or a glass of champagne,

Would like to watch 

The same theatre show

Once again.

The dips, the sips

Taste lingers on our lips

Then tread on foreign land

For a booked trip

So pretty, wooden homes

Nothing like our bricks

And stones

Love sailing on the sea

A perfect holiday for you and me

Copyright Linda Lawrence 23^rd June 2026

Changed

 Changed

I was no longer me

When I saw the sign for oncology.

How do I feel today?

I don't know -

Maybe every which way.

I'm not who I was

And think differently

And won't lie

Thought I might die.

Cannot equate

To this disease

And just asking

For you to understand 

And help me please.

I try to have fun,

Laugh

But only manage

Frightened paragraphs

Must not drink two point five

Otherwise

I won't stay alive.

Liver not happy,

Don't know why

Go to do the right thing

Important to try.

Slice by slice

They'll look inside

See if any organs

Are by the wayside.

Or fix this hernia!

It's getting worse!

Before they take me away

In a hearse.

My body ain't right 

It feels lumpy

And each time I feel or look,

It appears more bumpy.

A bypass for humour

It's very slowly going

And much of my thinking

Is there another tumour

Growing?

Puffed out

What's that about?

Some iron required?

Lack of concentration

Is getting worse

My frustration

It feels like a curse.

The medication leaving 

Ugly marks

And with that

Some mental scars.

And the likelihood

Of my livelihood

Will completely end.

Climbing the stairs

Reaching the top

Sit down quickly

Just want to flop.

And on exertion

The shortness of breathing

(and some wheezing)

Will be looked at soon

In a few afternoons

Another cannula

Another insertion.

Copyright Linda Lawrence

23^rd June 2026