Category: Personal Poems

Embracing pain from a broken heart
Pearls formed in strife, set you apart
Strength gained in the darkest days
To negotiate life’s stubborn maze
You are much loved, more than you know
Let the laughter overflow
Family and friends, more and more
Allow their waves to reach your shore
Fun and joy, it comes your way
Rest in this love from day to day 

Amen


Wow John! Such beautiful words. I will cram them and use them forever! Thank you from the bottom of my heart 🙏🏽🙏🏽😇😇❤❤

 
A driving motivation from within, a family girl, forever young at heart, forever grateful, 
Can you hear the cry? 
An invitation “Come experience the love of Mother and Fathers guiding hand”
The call to belong, placing the orphans and like a lioness, gently carrying your children 
In family, everything finds context, as you journey. 
Everything that has been and is yet to come
Everything seen and unseen
All knowledge and understanding and every colour of the rainbow
Finding purpose together on one tree, 
A family tree, the Tree of Life 

 "It is so apt and so true that it moves me till today". 

I’ve seen you standing in the rain
Dripping wet and feeling pain
I’ve seen you standing in the snow
The blizzards beating to and fro
It’s tough to stand, sharing hope
The reality is it’s hard to cope
It’s OK, laugh and cry
Scream and shout and question why
I am the weatherman, trust in me
In the storms where all can see.

John, thank you so so much. To be honest I really don’t have the words to tell you how much your poem touched my heart and my spirit. All I can say is that God spoke to me as I read His words. I will always treasure this.

Journeying onward, travelling light
Finding a home with the stars at night
A transcendent pulse, searching long,
The essence of life is your song.
Pyramids and giants, mysterious ways,
The heavenly hosts share your days.
Hear the beat, on and on,
The Father in Heaven loves his son.

It’s time to live again.

“Thank you pal”

Darkened anguish and empty shroud
I’ve seen you smiling through the crowd.
Splashing joy and speaking life
An easy Rhythm where there’s strife.
I hear them cheering all around,
The heavenly hosts making sound.
There’s only one name on their lips,
As they sway and shout and move their hips
AGA, AGA is their cry.
Well done my good and faithful servant

“I am without words and tears in my eyes! Thank you John.
I am speechless. I feel that God’s blessings have poured on me through you. I do feel really blessed. Your gifts are God given and need to be shared with everyone”.

My gifted one with a transparent heart
My precious child, always believing.
Grateful souls cheering you on,
Walk the streets and you can hear their song.
In the legends of life, you have great fame.
In the alleys and byways, they whisper your name.
A healing ointment in your palm
And offering praise is your psalm.
Stand tall, be strong, you have nothing to prove,
Those around will have to move.
Make way, make way,
AB is here.

It’s time to live again.

“Oh my gosh.
This is incredible. I absolutely love it.
Thank you so much, I am so grateful that you took the time to write this for me
God Bless,” xxx

Through the Arctic Tundra, not a friend in site
In the urban cities, bringing hope and light.
Night-time in the jungle, insects, snakes and slime,
Travelling in the desert, thirsty all the time.
Befriending other travellers, beaten up along the way,
An expert at adapting, speaking hope day by day.
I’ve seen your brave heart spirit, never ceasing in the race,
My father’s arms enfold you, with a passionate embrace.
The journeys are exciting but I love the downtimes too,
The Father and you alone as one, buddies through and through.

It’s time to live again.

"Wow John, that touched my heart!!!! I shall keep this and treasure it!"

Gifted and addicted, the fame and the pain
Bed mates together, pride and shame
Loved and loathed, the circle of life
Scaling heights, wonder and strife
The mysteries of time, a panoramic view
Comes crashing down, right on cue
Celebrity status, all can see
The tumultuous journey, being me
Hero to zero, rollercoaster ride
Few friends remain at my side
I try to hide, but not for long
The colourful me bursts out in song
Gifted and addicted, hold my hand
My painful travel to the promised land

It’s time to live again

Such gifted brothers all around
It’s taken time to hit the ground.
Running fast, a different track
Absolutely nothing that you lack.
Such pride in you, the road you take,
True to you nothing fake
The time is soon, not so long,
Heavens cheers, a different song

It’s time to live again.

Stand tall, aim high, clarity of thought,
AB my man, you cannot be bought.
Speaking truth, cutting through bull
A whimsical outlook on the full.
Playfully funny, in from an angle
Not a guy with which to wrangle.
You see it clearly, as it is,
Capturing truth through the glam and fizz