Moving out

As I move out of your life

Into my own….all that remains

A rumpled bedcover….

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The Eternal Question

Life's full of questions

As we ponder its meaning..

and purpose....

We go through the motions

of living...or what we consider

to be living....

with a beginning and

a definite end...

the presence of breath

and the absence of it...

being the deciding factor

Is that all life is about?

the journey from birth to death

as if all that happened 
in between.... is not real.......

Is there a cosmic plan?

Do we play our parts

pulled as puppets on strings?

or is it just a dream?

The happiness that we feel...
the heartaches we go through....
the search for love....
the need to belong....
Do they remain after we move on
or do they also end with us?
Do we leave behind nothing
but memories......

Unanswered eternal questions.....

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Still Waiting

I remember those summer evenings after school

Dashing into the house to change

And dashing out again to play

The basketball court beckoned to us……..

A place to meet…to play…

To be part of a team….to grow…

To win….to lose….to learn…

To be there for each other…..

      The thump of energetic feet

Keeping pace with the dribbling ball

Playing in the spirit of the game

The constant challenge to net the ball

The gleeful laughter, the disappointed sighs

The failures, the euphoric highs

The battles won and lost, the lessons learnt…….

More valuable than school

Today it stands silent and alone….

Waiting for children who never come

Looking at the sky and bemoaning

The early loss of childhood…..

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