Each Heartbeat !!

Do we always stop and appreciate the beauty all around us ?

I have always felt such an affinity with Mother Nature from a very young age. As a little girl I would explore the Welsh countryside overlooking the welsh sea side town where I grew up with my Beagle Lassie and here is where I learnt so much about life .

Yes from the small woodland walk known as The Commins where on school holidays along with a hastily thrown together packed lunch I and Lassie would spend hours exploring every nook and cranny. I learnt of a mother bird's love for her chicks ;how side by side the various inhabitants of the forest would live together each one looking out for the other.

As an adult these wonderful memories where I found solace all those years ago are today as clear as the brooks gently erupting from deep in the mountains before flowing into streams and then working their way onwards to the rivers, estuaries and finally onto the vast seas.

A picture a little like our lives is what has always stayed in my mind and heart.

We are born from the brooks and grow up in the streams of life which then clearly trickle over and around pebbles or obstacles ;then without fail into those faster flowing rivers again meandering at a greater and stronger pace which compares again to childhood as we learn wrong from right finally separating into estuaries ;which one to choose is our choice before we make our final journey in to the seas of our tomorrows.

Today's hub has just tumbled out and of course had to be balanced by these beautiful photos which I took last summer when for the first time in years I revisited those days of long ago where myself and Lassie spent our days exploring. It was almost surreal as time had indeed stood still here and I could almost hear Lassie rustling excitedly through the overgrowth !!

A step back in time indeed and I can honestly say that the power and beauty of Mother Nature was still as strong as ever.

What I took with me from this visit was that despite everything I remembered and felt those happy times of this tomboy and her beloved Lassie at her heels. These memories so outweighed the others and I knew for sure that I had most definitely made my way. I intend to return to this paradise with Dai so I can share with him my journeys all those years ago.

I hope you enjoy this visit my dear friends and also the amazing voice of Rhydian and The Morriston Orpheus Choir singing 'You'll Never Walk Alone' in our mother language 'Ni Cherddi'n Unig Fyth'.

Each heartbeat

spells out your name;

that sweet wild love

you'll ne'er tame..........................

True hearts

always the same;

refusing to play

life's cruel game........................

Jumbled up thoughts

leading back to the same;

pointless the need

to chase that fame.................................

A pause in the turmoil

finally came;

each cruel vibe

erased by strength's flame.....................

Life's empty excuses

a void oh so lame;

each tired dream

each heartbeat

spells out your name.......................

Each heartbeat

tells me ;

how do you dare;

to find that solace

can be so rare...............................

Oh so faraway

how will you fare;

No hidden meaning

each thought so bare...................................

To still feel love

eternally to care;

each pained moment

today we share........................

Each heartbeat tells me..........................

Each heartbeat strong

eyes like gems

dancing in the fires of life;

a force from within

longing for that kiss

these lips so full

feelings explode;

that longing

now tainted with truth;

boundaries cascading

through to the realms

of time.

Each river of love

plays with the winds of today;

creating breezes

caressing

those sensuous moments.

Tormented the sleep

of a pained heart;

but boundaries never eternal;

to kiss each morning dew

so pure

so sweet

so gentle;

yet holds a strength

almost surreal

but a strength

to crave

to help

to accept

the whole truth.

Camouflaged

to

careless eyes

but recognised by a true heart.

Escaping

from the realms

of desperate yesterdays

but today

flowing freely

into the sweetness

of this newly found truth;

a knowledge so true

allowing our spirits to be whole

to be true.

Each heartbeat strong.

Heartbeats

So tormented

Bound by those harsh cold chains

Each needless struggle oh so pained

To rise in that formidable glory

Each moment in time still calling

Each moment oh so true

Heartache now healed

Heartbeats.

Nightmares cast aside

Clearly calling that new world

New paths I now tread.

Pains oh so hurtful

Today to face and conquer

Now time to move on.

Self respect so clear

Horizons to be fulfilled

To stand oh so strong.

Walk on and walk tall

With a head held oh so high

Tomorrows so clear.

Come now share with me

This great journey oh so true

Honesty so sweet.

I hope you enjoyed to day's visit and I wish you all a wonderful day and lots of love from my little corner of Wales.

'Our friendship I cherish

each moment to treasure

my tomorrows golden

days of true pleasure.'

Eddy.