Load off my mind, unburdened
I try to be kind
For certain
Cheque books I've signed at the final curtain
I try to remind
For certain
Mountains I've climbed from Boston to Burton
I still try to find
For certain
Clay pots to grind when putting the skirt on
I still have desires
For certain
The uneven road twists and turns
No long-shot horizons
Foreshortened views overtaken
The benefit of past experience
While looking backwards
Disturbs the forward thinking
Year on year, generation after generation
Only chance changes
The significant outcomes
That, and the determination
The will to win, the desire to succeed
Even against adversity
The uneven road
Sympathetically
Follows the contours
Of natures curvature
Therein lies her hidden beauty
Her undiscovered depths
Frozen windscreen, warm bed, car radio
I think of you
Gentleness, kindness, generosity, beauty
With such words
You take your time to bind me
As I think of you
Fog settles in the valleys, fog drifts on the hilltops
The engine purrs
Regular, synchronised, good timing, efficient
The automotive elixir
Takes the road from under my feet
I drift and I dream
Warm bed, soft pillars, waiting for daybreak
I think of you
Secure, calm, tactile, serene, vivacious
With these such words
You are bound beside me
As I think of you
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Settle into the slow boat
Under stone arch bridges
Cobbled and rutted
Slide over the aqua-duct
Standing on the shoulders
Of giants
Yesterday's men
Today's
Fared fortunes
Settle into the fast lane
Under reinforced concrete
Signed and directed
Shuffle over the suspension bridge
Hung by the coiled towers
Of hope
Yesterday's men
Today's
Shared fortunes
Robert writes in red and green
Wishing me good luck
Kathleen
Is excited, it is such a beautiful card
Roast chestnuts, with slow warmed
Meadow Bay mulled wine
Candles flicker, heavenly scented
With the groves of lemon zest
Peter writes in brown and blue
Wishing me good fortune
Rosie too
Is excited, it tis aglow with love
Toasted marshmallows
Fruit cake with marzipan
I do believe
It is the seasons greetings