A new day ahead

Drifting out the window

As thoughts go

By

A coffee in hand

Brunch on the table

Writer’s block

As the clock ticks on

Relaxed breath

Awaits

As time slips away

Now the rush settles in

Bags packed

Uniform on

A planned routine ahead

As I board

A rumbling tram

Motions are set

Moving forward

Music playing

Book being read

Those last hours of play and work

Hath arrived

As I serve snacks

Belonging to the afternoon

Hand out activities

Tick off names

Giggle, laugh, act out silly

Help with behaviour,

Manners and study

Day turns to night and parents bolt in

Tidy and clean

Packing and organising

A day to the close

Back I go

Towards my rumbling tram

 For home

Greeted by a meowing cat

Demanding for a

Pat, food and love

A meal upon the evening hour

 In front of the small screen

Before time comes

I stumble along to bed

Sleeping and dreaming

Of a new day ahead.

When your heart speaks

The trees go by me as

Though I’m going

No where

They are taller than

My dreams

Will

Ever reach

As I stumble through their

Leaves on the

Ground

I seek what they have

In this

Ever-changing world

A path laid out

F or them

As they have been

Planted

As I listen to my heart

I hear what it

Says

In taking each step with

A

Readying pace

A stride that takes

All that it needs

To be lifted

And to grow

Where it stands

Where footsteps left have

Been pondered

And followed

In knowing my path

Is there waiting for

Me

I will choose strength, love and courage

As my fellow

Travellers,

My guides and

My light

As it is your heart

That holds

Your stories

Treasures

And dreams

Once it speaks

You will know

What it is

Saying

Emma Phillips

01/01/2013