Mourning Song

For one so alive

it is hard to believe, you are gone.

Like the melody of a much-loved song

your refrain lives on.
Suspended in the twilight 'tween light and death
straddling in vain ‘twix dark and life

straining to be understood but

simply wanting to be somewhere else, entirely... 

Since you’ve gone, the days have stretched

into wafered sheets of gold leaf; 

memories of you hold a shining sting

oh came back - please!

I promise to bind you in the loving threads

of whispered eternity.


Copyright Suzy Rigg 2012

Looking at the date, I wrote this one before mum passed away.
Much of our knowledge or 'knowing' is buried deep in our subconscious minds; poetry is one of the ways I access this hidden part of me. 

Fallen Leaves

Autumn breeze plucks leaves from trees

that touch the ground so gently

leaving branches pining, asking

why have the leaves ceased to sway?

Kindly soil so richly deep

envelopes falling leaves to sleep

waltzered slowly round and round

before they touch the waiting ground

Children kicking crinkly leaves

beneath benevolent aged trees

while winter's gentle setting sun

breathes heat of autumn peace.

I hope you rest in perfect peace and your family find the strength 
to let peace into their hearts to fill the void where you used to stand.

For Martin, RIP.

Copyright Suzy R 2012

Swanly

Silently floating with oceanic calm
Watchful, vigilant, poised yet stern
Inscrutable eyes flashing violent charm
Gliding along the sun flushed lake.




Copyright Suzy R 2012

Lovelace

Love is

Eternal. One hundred and two years ago 
you were born when I was still stardust 

we loved each other

we didn’t need to be alive

for our love to ignite.

Before you found room in my womb
I loved you eternal stranger

you are a new light in my love

agonisingly familiar

although we have 
only just met.

The strands of love 
that join all of us 
to each other through 
generations of unknowing 

are unfathomably exciting

unimaginably frustrating.

Connections with others 
who you have known before you  
knew yourself, illuminate life

casting delicate
stitches ~of ~love 
that are eternal. 

Copyright Suzy R 2012

Prayer for Humanity

the news is becoming more violent
the truth is becoming more silent 
do it now, or do it never
we really need to join together 
the way of the future 
is love.






Copyright Suzy R 2012