The last foray into daily thoughts – as random as life –

36th

Daffodil yellow filled the eye
now they have gone so transitory but so beautiful
no doubt why

everything has its life span
usefulness and beauty fill the hours while we live work and love
it is the world’s way

37th

Cold cold sun of Holy Week
bitter wind blows from the east making us wait for joy
we wait yet

Warmth of a smile
a friendly face or a kind word and the biting wind
lessens to nothing

38th

In these Islands
battered by Atlantic storms prey to capricious bitter easterly winds
we are driven by the weather

Today is dull and cold
and so are my thoughts as they turn forward to dreams
of summer and warmth

39th

The wait is almost over
it has been a long forty days and nights
how much more for a soul

wandering in the mountains
the cold nights and relentless days leading him to pain
and death

40th

The wait is over
the day has come it is a bleak day but the darkness of the hour
will be transient

The sun will rise again
as we trust and believe
It will be glorious

Denny Bradbury©2017
GreenPoet
❤️💚

How quickly a journey passes as you near the end. I offer you the next instalment of my random thoughts, thank you for staying with me.

30th

Stand still and listen
what do you hear – the sound of peace or does misery draw near
hounding your senses

stand still and look
with all that you have be aware of the beauty
surrounding you be glad

31st

Did Mary stand with Joseph
with her children by her side trying to decipher the enigma
in their lives

How did their first born son
become so difficult to read alone within the mountains now
but just what did he need

32nd

He wanted them to understand
his time on earth so short but what a journey what a life
just miracles to share

just miracles and prayer and angst
wisdom from the heart wisdom mixed with love and faith
but mostly love

33rd

Passion – what are we to make of it
Passion Sunday – if we do nothing then does that make it
meaningless

Meaningless only
if the last person standing does nothing and walks away
someone will stand up someone must

34th

An owl swooped by
early morn in every way a gift the steadfast sun but bitter wind
April in the shires

the long drear winter
no snow just damp and dull and blackly cloudy sky
we long for warmth

35th

My favourite oak tree
still no green just a thickening of its branches as it prepares
for awakening

just as the disciples
didn’t know what they were waiting for
but it was Awakening

Very best wishes – Denny Bradbury

Dear Reader – thank you for staying with me through the journey of Lent in 2017 – quite a different world from two thousand years ago – or is it? here is my latest offering – random thoughts as ever.

26th

Did you wake up cold
stiff and hungry from your nightly prayers did the stones bend to your form
were you afraid

were there any signs of spring
did nature offer just one morsel of colour in a flower
to give hope

27th

I see the blackthorn
flowers so white they hurt your eyes in their wakening from the
dull brown hedge

small oases of green
hedgerows coming to life after a winter of retreat and renewal
glorious

28th

Today I saw a kingfisher
what a delight of colour in a drab post winter world
where is the sun

hiding behind storm clouds
rain gives us such a green countryside we should be grateful
we will be patient

29th

O light a flame within my heart
I am ready
truly ready

all doubts pushed to one side as I am overtaken by music
it was if an angel choir sang this morning

30th

Stand still and listen
what do you hear – the sound of peace or does misery draw near
hounding your senses

stand still and look
with all that you have be aware of the beauty
surrounding you be glad

May your own journeys be filled with love and peace – Denny Bradbury©💚