Positive

Staring out on to the glistening lake,

Watching the water as it changes its shape.

Waves...

From the cradle to the grave, life stirs emotion !

In varying strife we try to make the right...

Going through a tough time lately

But don't you fret for me

I'll come up smelling of roses...

Nothing has been as I had envisaged or expected.

No one could have predicted what has happened !...

Sitting silently in my doorway

early spring sun holds little warmth

rainbow lorikeets...

I’m dying
Sick of trying
Who am I kidding
I’m lying
I’m still fighting
...

When the sun doesn't shine...

You are my rain coming gently touching me...

Late at night...

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Keep a stiff upper lip, it isn't that bad

Things will surely get better

Life is a series of...

I FEEL LIKE I'M STUCK,

IN THIS TOWN I'M OUT OF LUCK.

LIFE'S TOSSING ME AROUND LIKE A PUCK...

Believe calmly like a sunny sky,
Wisdom is painting a full moon,
Hope is a new dawn,

...

BY NOW ITS A GIVEN

THAT THIS LIFE IVE BEEN LIVIN

HAD ME DEEP IN THE DARK

NOW THE...

I SEE NO EVIL

I HEAR NO EVIL

FLYING EAGLE

KEEP IT REGAL.

(c) James Haynes

Listen'd,
Handful words
Went on picking
For flowers
Disguarding weeds
...

Walking through life being hateful,

Walking through life being harmful,

Walking through...

Welcoming in
This calm before the storm of war,
Where turbulent seas still...
Enough...