To An Angel...

I'd written this as a "coming-of-age" poem for my friend's sister..It goes like this...

To My Angel

'Twas the 26th of the month

Back in the June of 1992

And wonder of wonders was the little pink lump

Her body under a blanket making a small bump.

Cute and plump, that was you, my baby sister

And suddenly, my world was a lot happier.

Before I knew it, you were a little girl

Going to school right by me, hair in a pretty curl.

That naughty smile, the glint in the eye

All your mischief, that made me both laugh and cry

Oh! Childhood was fun, but teenage soon swept it away

As "fun" was now movies and not childish play.

People changed around us, many friendships did end

But in you, I found my steadfast best friend..

The locker of my secrets, the witness to my every emotion,

You are, to me, God's most beautiful creation..

And now, as I count 18 years of knowing you

I see a beautiful girl before me, kind-hearted, sweet and true

There's a world waiting out there, my angel

Its time to go out there and blaze your own trail

You're all grown up now, but here's one piece of advice

Sweetie, the world's not all nice, it has some vice..

So tread carefully, and you'll be on your way

You were born to rule, make everyday your day

Enjoy every moment of your life, make the world your own

By your smile, may the whole world be blown.

We love you a lot, and you have all our blessing

For the journey called life that you are now beginning..

The Journey So Far

I post this on a day when life has suddenly taken its final curtain call in the journey of someone very close to my heart.. She Will Be Loved..

The Journey So Far..

Out over the horizon somewhere

The sun's taking his bow..

Resting in the dark

After a long shining show..

Twilight in my life

As happiness seems to set

A long, long night comes through

As I succumb to fate..

I wonder in the silence

As the walls darken around me

The sun will shine through again

And life will turn around, surely?

The script's been written cruelly

Of the show that's life

Joys lighten up all the dark corners

Till tears cut through them like a knife..

Of all the roads life takes,

Some go in a direction all wrong

Yet, there must be a turning ahead

In that hope, I keep holding on..