"POEMS & SONGS" Personal Page by Rumi-fan

LIFE
From my favourite cartoonist: Leunig.

Anyone can get a life
Anyone can lose it
But who will dare to inhabit the thing
And use it?

A lived in life
will soon get loose and worn
From use and feeling;
Countless tiny scratches;
The shine goes off.
It's very appealing.

Dirt builds up,
A load of muck and grit
A part of you gets lost -
A hope, a philosophy
Or a love that doesnt fit.

Another broken sleep
A dream collapses
A quick repair. Its worth a try.
A scrap of string from the soul.
Perhaps a battered grin will fill the hole
Or just a sigh.

Flakes and cracks!
A major idea buckles badly
A makeshift support is
invoked quickly.
A tired old joke could
hide the dint
Or be a wedge or a patch or a splint
Truly, sweely, sadly.

And yet it works and lives!
It all still goes. It forgives.
It's a miracle!
Worn in, bashed in, cried in,
And the great thing -
a lived in life
Can be happily died in.

Leunig.

Written with a pen.
Sealed with a kiss.
If you are my friend,
Please answer this:
Are we friends
Or are we not?
You told me once
But I forgot.
So tell me now
And tell me true
So I can say....
I'm here for you.
Of all the friends
I've ever met,
You're the one
I won't forget.
And if I die
Before you do,
I'll go to heaven
And wait for you.
I'll give the angels
Back their wings
And risk the loss
Of everything,
just to prove my friendship is true
and to have a friend like you!

Hug for Mum

HUGS

"It's wonderous what a hug can do,
A hug can cheer you when you're blue.
A hug can say: 'I love you so,'
OR, 'Gee,! I hate to see you go'.

A hug is, 'Welcome back again'!
and, 'Great to see you ! or
'Where've you been'?

A hug can soothe a small child's pain
And bring a rainbow after rain.

The hug! There's just no doubt about it,
We scarcely could survive without it.
A hug delights and warms and charms,
It must be why God gave us arms.

Hugss are great for fathers and mothers,
Sweet for sisters, loving for brothers,
and chances are some favourite aunts
love them more that potted plants.

Kittens crave them, puppies love them,
Heads of State are not above them.
A hug can break the language barrier,
And make the dullest day seem merrier.

No need to fret about the store of 'em
The more you give, the more there are of 'em.

So stretch those arms without delay
And give someone a hug today.

Author Unknown.