Saturday 28 February 2015
The Love I've known
Laughter, smiles and fun filled moments
Cream filled cakes and ice cream cones
Fairground rides and icy pavements
These are the gifts of love I've known
Snowball fights and fits of giggles
Broken down trains and late nights home
Borrowed clothes and pink carnations
These are the gifts of love I've known.
Roaring fires and long, lost stories
Friends that mean I'm not alone
Photographs and loving hugs
These are the gifts of love I've known
Bright balloons, long, loving letters
Silly conversations on the phone
A hand that reaches out to mine
These are the gifts of love I've known.
Simple things life's daily happenings
Wonderful memories all my own
Daily I offer prayers of thanks
For the gifts of love which I have known.
Karen Holmes.
2009
Mouse Moral
A mouse in the cupboard had died
His family probably cried
But Karen and Paul
Had no clue at all
So it lay there, unnoticed, inside.
We've lived here 6 years and yet still
We had no idea he was ill
No doctor was called
His plight was ignored
And so the poor mouse wrote his will.
And nothing was even suspected
For years he remained undetected
In thick dust and hair
His body lay there
The cupboard not often inspected!
The moral of this tale is clear
Do your housework at least once a year
Behind that cupboard door
could be bodies galore
But the dead cannot talk, do not fear.
Karen Holmes 22nd June 2008
It should be pointed out that it was in the airing cupboard that the skeleton of a mouse was discovered, not in a food cupboard!!!
His family probably cried
But Karen and Paul
Had no clue at all
So it lay there, unnoticed, inside.
We've lived here 6 years and yet still
We had no idea he was ill
No doctor was called
His plight was ignored
And so the poor mouse wrote his will.
And nothing was even suspected
For years he remained undetected
In thick dust and hair
His body lay there
The cupboard not often inspected!
The moral of this tale is clear
Do your housework at least once a year
Behind that cupboard door
could be bodies galore
But the dead cannot talk, do not fear.
Karen Holmes 22nd June 2008
It should be pointed out that it was in the airing cupboard that the skeleton of a mouse was discovered, not in a food cupboard!!!
Be Still and know that I am God
Still? You must be joking God, I've no time to be still
The only time anyone rests these days is if they're taken ill
Do you know how many demands there are, each moment of my day?
Being still just doesn't happen, it's simply not the way.......
life is, not now,
I don't know how
Things were when you were here
But life must have been much slower
That certainly seems quite clear.
Nothing is still anymore God
Everyone's rushing around
We're all so busy,
we start to feel dizzy
Bombarded by movement and sound.
The phone rings incessantly, my mobile keeps bleeping
My mind still works on even when I am sleeping.
I can't really hear what you're saying God
There's too many things going on
Perhaps there'll be time for you later
But I blink and the day has gone.
And I still haven't grasped that you're God
I'm too busy surviving each day
There's no way that I can truly be still
When I've hardly a moment to pray.
But I'm wondering how long I'll continue to dash through my life at this pace
I was never designed for this madness, treating life as a long, endless race.
Oh, I know that your word speaks of running - and keeping our eye on the goal
But that's totally different to this, Lord, running breathless and out of control.
Still? Well, perhaps in my heart and my soul
A quiet, restful place that is calm
Knowing the God in whom I believe
Is keeping me safe from harm.
Still, in complete, glad assurance that God is the one I know
An oasis of calm in the desert, my safeplace wherever I go.
Perhaps I can nurture that stillness within
Where God can commune with my soul
For only in knowing that He is God
Can life be in any way whole.
Be still then - and know that He is God
Be still for a moment, He pleads,
and let it take root in the depth of your being
That God, is God indeed.
Karen Holmes
29th January 2009
The only time anyone rests these days is if they're taken ill
Do you know how many demands there are, each moment of my day?
Being still just doesn't happen, it's simply not the way.......
life is, not now,
I don't know how
Things were when you were here
But life must have been much slower
That certainly seems quite clear.
Nothing is still anymore God
Everyone's rushing around
We're all so busy,
we start to feel dizzy
Bombarded by movement and sound.
The phone rings incessantly, my mobile keeps bleeping
My mind still works on even when I am sleeping.
I can't really hear what you're saying God
There's too many things going on
Perhaps there'll be time for you later
But I blink and the day has gone.
And I still haven't grasped that you're God
I'm too busy surviving each day
There's no way that I can truly be still
When I've hardly a moment to pray.
But I'm wondering how long I'll continue to dash through my life at this pace
I was never designed for this madness, treating life as a long, endless race.
Oh, I know that your word speaks of running - and keeping our eye on the goal
But that's totally different to this, Lord, running breathless and out of control.
Still? Well, perhaps in my heart and my soul
A quiet, restful place that is calm
Knowing the God in whom I believe
Is keeping me safe from harm.
Still, in complete, glad assurance that God is the one I know
An oasis of calm in the desert, my safeplace wherever I go.
Perhaps I can nurture that stillness within
Where God can commune with my soul
For only in knowing that He is God
Can life be in any way whole.
Be still then - and know that He is God
Be still for a moment, He pleads,
and let it take root in the depth of your being
That God, is God indeed.
Karen Holmes
29th January 2009
Thursday 26 February 2015
No Thank You
I called into the Post Office, a single stamp to buy
she asked if I've a credit card, surprised I questioned "why?"
I know that postage costs have changed and maybe it sounds flash
But I'd planned to buy my first class stamp with good old fashioned cash.
"I have a credit card" I smiled, "I don't want anymore"
And hoping for a swift retreat I turned towards the door
"Perhaps you'd like a leaflet then, please don't leave empty handed,
it's possible you'll change your mind" she gently reprimanded
...and pointed to the leaflets with their shiny, glossy finish
she was really on a roll now and nothing could diminish
her passionate ambition to change me for the better
when all I really wanted was a stamp to post my letter.
I paid a visit to my bank to pay some money in
the cashier at the counter gave a reassuring grin.
She took my money from me and stuffed it in a drawer
and gazed at her computer, then gazed at it some more.
Now, reaching a decision, she leaned a little nearer
"Would you like to change your mortgage? as I'm sure that yours is dearer
than the new one we are offering, many other folk have changed
It would save you heaps of money and is easily arranged."
Well I think she saw me yawning or the glazed look in my eyes
For she quickly changed the subject and pulled out a fresh surprise.
"Your account is rather old now and it really needs updating,
my colleague will advise you, take a seat whilst you are waiting"
A young girl with three inch heels, mousy hair streaked red with henna
informed me that my new account would cost me just a tenner
"A ten pound payment every month? My present one is free"
"But look at all the benefits you'll get" she smiled at me.
She reeled them off, as I began to softly weep and groan
What use is breakdown cover for a car I do not own?
Or holiday insurance when I do not travel far
The furthest I have gone this year is a day in Droitwich Spa!
I left her stood forlornly with a folder in her hand
and went to spend some money on a treat I hadn't planned.
I felt I'd been harassed enough, was tired and battle scarred
I didn't want fancy bank accounts or a deck of credit cards
So as I made my purchase I was not amused to see
The assistant had a leaflet and was waving it at me
"Would you like one of our store cards? You could make an instant saving
You'd be a fool to turn it down, it's just the thing you're craving."
Now here, just for the record, may I make my feelings plain
All these tempting new initiatives are driving me insane.
If I want some extra help then I will ask for it quite clearly
Though your offers might sound generous, I know they'll cost me dearly.
I'm happy as I am thanks, so just leave me alone
I've had enough of your advice, I'm tired, I'm going home!
Karen Holmes
Date unknown.
she asked if I've a credit card, surprised I questioned "why?"
I know that postage costs have changed and maybe it sounds flash
But I'd planned to buy my first class stamp with good old fashioned cash.
"I have a credit card" I smiled, "I don't want anymore"
And hoping for a swift retreat I turned towards the door
"Perhaps you'd like a leaflet then, please don't leave empty handed,
it's possible you'll change your mind" she gently reprimanded
...and pointed to the leaflets with their shiny, glossy finish
she was really on a roll now and nothing could diminish
her passionate ambition to change me for the better
when all I really wanted was a stamp to post my letter.
I paid a visit to my bank to pay some money in
the cashier at the counter gave a reassuring grin.
She took my money from me and stuffed it in a drawer
and gazed at her computer, then gazed at it some more.
Now, reaching a decision, she leaned a little nearer
"Would you like to change your mortgage? as I'm sure that yours is dearer
than the new one we are offering, many other folk have changed
It would save you heaps of money and is easily arranged."
Well I think she saw me yawning or the glazed look in my eyes
For she quickly changed the subject and pulled out a fresh surprise.
"Your account is rather old now and it really needs updating,
my colleague will advise you, take a seat whilst you are waiting"
A young girl with three inch heels, mousy hair streaked red with henna
informed me that my new account would cost me just a tenner
"A ten pound payment every month? My present one is free"
"But look at all the benefits you'll get" she smiled at me.
She reeled them off, as I began to softly weep and groan
What use is breakdown cover for a car I do not own?
Or holiday insurance when I do not travel far
The furthest I have gone this year is a day in Droitwich Spa!
I left her stood forlornly with a folder in her hand
and went to spend some money on a treat I hadn't planned.
I felt I'd been harassed enough, was tired and battle scarred
I didn't want fancy bank accounts or a deck of credit cards
So as I made my purchase I was not amused to see
The assistant had a leaflet and was waving it at me
"Would you like one of our store cards? You could make an instant saving
You'd be a fool to turn it down, it's just the thing you're craving."
Now here, just for the record, may I make my feelings plain
All these tempting new initiatives are driving me insane.
If I want some extra help then I will ask for it quite clearly
Though your offers might sound generous, I know they'll cost me dearly.
I'm happy as I am thanks, so just leave me alone
I've had enough of your advice, I'm tired, I'm going home!
Karen Holmes
Date unknown.
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