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Brave New Beginnings – 5th March 1993

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Sun shines down on me
And I realise I am blessed
With all life’s wonder
And each day’s new test

Clouds that pass by
Casting shadows of doubt and fear
Are soon-forgotten reflections
That never held favour here

Each new step taken forward
Opens up numerous avenues to explore
Each avenue searched in time
Makes more possibilities than ever before

Once so easy to frighten
Once easy to quash my ideas
Now I stand proud and enlightened
With knowledge gained from my years

Brave new beginnings around me
From them, I will not turn
Each little twist of destiny
Leaves a lesson for me to learn

1st Jan 2026 – Shared with Esther Chilton’s Writing Prompt 97 – new beginnings

Tragedy – 2nd March 1993

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Dark snakes finger your opinions
Now you’ve lost all your control
Flirting with dangerous decisions
Cast black shadows through your soul

Continue on this bleakest road
Distances will set us apart
When soulmate becomes soulless
It tears a wrench in my heart

If memories are for yesterday
Sun shines on all I recall
The darkest moments from my past
I now forget them all

Light Is Red – 19th February 1993

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When I can’t get out of bed
I still know
How to get up and go

When every light is red
I don’t despair
I’m still getting there

When I’m falling on my head
I won’t stay down
My future’s coming round

When my feet are made of lead
It won’t last
I’m still moving fast

And the future won’t wait for me
I’m going faster than your eye can see
No red light’s gonna stop me running
It’s all there and I am coming