Dear Lord

I close my eyes and I solemnly pray

Can you please close heavens golden gates for today?

I honestly believe a mistake has been made

you have taken the wrong life on this day

place their wings back on the shelf and hold onto their forever crowns

instruct the angels to bring them back to me and turn them around

I promise you I will send them back one day

But if I should die before I wake

Please accept my soul in exchange

My arms and my heart are not ready to let go

The sorrow and pain are all I have to hold

Can I please have one more moment, one more hug, just a little more time

I have nothing to offer you in exchange beyond this broken heart of mine

Surely you can spare this angel for me today

It would only take a moment to put a closed sign on the gate

Just give them back and we’ll all move on, I’ll forgive your mistake

Dear Lord, I beg, I plead, and I pray

© L. Blair 

Happy Wedding Anniversary

To My Wife

I have made many bad decisions throughout my life

The best decision I ever made was asking you to be my wife

You have been the strength I've needed to pull me through

Through all of the years, throughout my life, there would be no me without you

We created lives from our love and now we continue to watch our love grow

Through our children and grandchildren, where it will stop, who knows?

I've loved you since the first time I saw you, I knew you were the one

The one I would spend the rest of my life with and I wasn't wrong 

Your smile, your beauty, your eyes captured my heart and soul

Only a fool would be a bigger fool if they were to ever let you go

You've given me everything I could wish for, could want and need

You are my wife, my lover, my life, my strength, my best friend and my weakness

We've been through so much but nothing or nobody could ever come between us

If I could give you the stars and moon this universe would be yours to keep

I don't need a special occasion to let you know how much you mean to me

Our souls are forever entwined and our hearts will always beat as one

In this lifetime through to the next we'll share a forever lasting, undying love

Love now and always, your Husband. Mr. W. G. B. xxx

© L. Blair 

Auntie Mary

A Beautiful Soul

A welcoming smile, a meaningful hug, a revolving door

At one point or another a mother to us all

A listening ear, wise advice, a warm bed or a cuppa

If auntie Mary had it to give - it was always on offer

A genuine lady without a bad bone and a heart full of gold

I’m sure all agree when I say they truly broke the mould

A wonderful, devoted mother to her two precious girls

A sister, an Auntie, a grandma & great grandma, to all she meant the world

My godmother was a special lady and her aura was divine

I only wish as so many do that I’d only made more time

We tend to think that people will always be there

Maybe because any other thought is too much to bear

We never considered that you wouldn’t be on the other end of the phone

Not thinking for a moment that you would be anywhere but home

Now here we are today

And things are not the same

The birds don’t sing or sound nearly as sweet as they could

The sun is duller and no longer shines like it should

The world continues but never again will it be the same

The loss of such a beautiful soul could never be explained

Every thought, every whisper, every scream and every tear

Is our hearts calling out, wishing that you were still here

But knowing that you finally get to rest is a small relief

We love you and you will be forever missed, our sweet angel;

Auntie Mary may you rest in peace xxx

© L. Blair

The Match

The whistle is blown and the match begins

I bloody hope this team wins

I've heard all of the build-up and the pundit’s gas

hoping this team really kicks our …. butt

the line-up looks good, with the right players out there

but the first half is lacking and the defence is having a 'mare

and the other team only goes and puts the ball in the net

the manager better get at them at half time, I'm starting to fret

we can't afford to concede another goal

bloody strikers too young and the midfield is too old

on the edge of my seat as we start to improve

"Why are they filming the stands? the camera needs to move!!"

"Didn't we just have the ball? How have they got a corner kick?"

the players rush into the box as it's taken quick

"Come on ref that was never a foul, it was a total dive"

as the replay shows he could have ended his life!

so the yellow card was a let off and we are back in the game

keep giving the ball away and the same player is to blame

I'm SHOUTING at the TV as we catch them on the break

"RUN, RUN" and "CROSS IT IN", oh my god you passed it too late

a couple of minutes later and we get the much-needed goal

"Come on you beauty" the talent is starting to show

a few passes later and we only score again

I'm out of my seat screaming and shouting, going around the bend

the fans in the stadium are going wild; "WHO ARE YA!?"

singing out aloud as we hope the final whistle is blown

I'm not sure if we'll score again or how long we can hold

but then I hear it and the match is finally won

all of my emotions finally settle, as I can’t help but be blunt;

we didn’t exactly play our best

and the other team really put us to the test

I had my doubts that we'd actually win

but of course we should especially with the new signing

I couldn’t be listening to the banter from the other fans

all mocking us and saying how we never had a chance

and even though we got the win we won’t get the credit too

as the pundits will go back to the foul and how we deserved to lose

but today is our victory and I’ll take the 2-1 my friend

as the team go back to training and ready to do it all again

© L. Blair