A Life…and no regret. (updated)

On 26 Oct 201327 May 2024 By jovisgoesIn Personal, PoetryLeave a comment

I have made an old journey again this week
I’ve made it right back through my childhood
I’ve done it in music, it is the best way.
The memories remain and are still sharp today.
I grew up listening to Johnny Otis and Clyde McPhatter
Johnny Ray, Little Richard, I much preferred the latter.
I was a child in the fifties, a teen in the sixties
Now I’m in my seventies but my head’s thirty two.
You never forget, but you shouldn’t grow old
Stay with your soul but always be bold
Live for the moment, say how you feel
Most people agree, but are scared and appeal.
Live for the moment, live for the now
Always look forward and never look back
Keep thinking those young thoughts
And just don’t take the flack.

©Joe Wilson – A life…and no regret…2013

The Circle of Life.

On 3 Sep 20138 Feb 2014 By jovisgoesIn Children's, Family, Fun, Personal, PoetryLeave a comment

They run, they laugh, they skip, they climb, there activity stuns, everyday.
We watch, we smile, we enjoy, we play, we’re young again like they.
What a wonderful feeling playing games with grandchildren, they teach you as much as they learn.
We played with our children, and now our grandchildren, as the circle of life carries on.

The girl likes to climb, the boy likes to run, and they both do them both with such vigour.
They can be reading or not, but then they’re off like a shot, as if somebody just pulled a trigger.
They’re a joy, and so funny, as they grow, as they learn, and they question so much that they see.
It’s a task to embrace as you keep a straight face, as you answer them to their shouts of glee.

©JRW2013

Your gentle touch…

On 4 Aug 201318 Nov 2015 By jovisgoesIn Personal, PoetryLeave a comment

I could have sat and waited

But I wanted you so very much

So I came and found you and loved you

And you paid me with your gentle touch.

©Joe Wilson – Your gentle touch…2013

What’s going on in there?

On 25 Jul 201313 Dec 2014 By jovisgoesIn Personal, PoetryLeave a comment

There it is, that thought, again!
What is it? Is it my mind playing tricks?

I see life as a battle
A war between my mind and another mind.

Who’s in control? Me or it!
Or is it him, or her? My feminine side!

Who cares! For now it’s me.
And for the moment I function
But only as a male human being.

How do I do? Christ! I don’t know.
I just do my best. I do. I do!

©Joe Wilson – What’s going on in there?..2013

At a standstill

On 23 Jul 201325 Feb 2015 By jovisgoesIn PoetryLeave a comment

There I was
And now I’m not
I’m lost like you
In life’s gavotte.

The world it spins
We all stand still
To make a move
We need the will.

©Joe Wilson – At a standstill 2013

I Called

On 9 Jul 20138 Feb 2014 By jovisgoesIn PoetryLeave a comment

I called, you were not there

I couldn’t wait

I had to leave

Goodbye. I’m sorry.

©JRW2013

Gone Fishing

On 4 Jul 20134 Jul 2013 By jovisgoesIn Fun, PoetryLeave a comment

I’m sitting here shivering and waiting
And I’m not having very much luck
While Tom over there has a net full of perch
There’s nowt on the end of my hook.

It’ll be just the same when we next go
Tom’ll fill up his net with some bream
Me, I’ll catch me a couple of minnows
But I’ll smile when I’d much rather scream.

But wait! The carp season cometh
And it’s my turn to have me some fun
The one way that he’d catch a leather
Is to shoot at the thing with a gun.

The carp, what a mighty opponent
Has such power and grace all in one
But poor Tom as he lifts up his ledger
Finds no fish, and the bait has all gone.