Through life’s dense forest, wild and deep,
A sacred map, my soul does keep.
Its pages whispered by divine breath,
A guide through storms, through life, through death.

The Bible stands, a beacon true,
Its wisdom ancient, yet ever new.
Each line a compass, every word,
A guiding call, a truth inferred.

When shadows fall and paths confound,
Its timeless light shines all around.
Through Psalms of peace and Proverb’s ways,
It charts my course, it marks my days.

No map of man can e’er compare,
To scripture’s path, beyond despair.
Its pages point where faith may thrive,
And love and grace keep hope alive.

So, with this map, this gift profound,
Each step I take, on holy ground.
Through valleys low and peaks above,
It leads me home, with boundless love.

Under a soft cascade of light and heart, I wander through night’s endless field - finding dreams at the break of day, where time dances in bold, quiet steps and gentle whispers cradle the spark of life.

In the silent arms of shadows, echoes of ancient voices hum a secret song; soft silhouettes of stars trace untold tales across a vast, uncharted sky, as delicate art and grace entwine with each breath.

Moments melt into a surreal tapestry, threads of joy, hope, and tender sorrow woven with laughter, whispered promises, and the bittersweet taste of rain - each drop a fleeting spark in the boundless air.

Within the sacred space where chaos meets calm, a cosmic symphony unfolds its vibrant melody: free souls rise on hidden paths, carrying the soft murmur of forgotten memories and the resilient beat of a true, divine journey.

Beneath a shimmering dawn, the world transforms - a bold parade of colours, gentle winds, and secret voices, while silver streams of moonlight converse with ancient trees, casting reflections of eternal truth upon the mystic canvas of endless time.

In the quiet pause between heartbeats, my spirit drifts on a delicate current of light and dark, where every tear, every smile, is etched into the living fabric of existence - a soulful testament to life’s luminous dance.

Listen - within the silent weight of night, the universe whispers a tale of timeless wonder, of whispered legends, sacred prayer, and fierce hope; a surreal chorus where pain and promise, joy and grief, merge into one ethereal embrace.

And so, I stand amid this cosmic embrace, guided by a radiant beacon of dreams and memories, my thoughts like delicate petals in a wild, celestial wind - forever bound to the mystery of the infinite, as the universe writes its tender story in vibrant hues.

I never recall my dreams at dawn, yet last night, Ringo Starr drifted into my slumber. In that surreal moment, we exchanged words of song and poetry - just before he faded into twilight, he left me with a question that echoes still: “Are these truly poetry?” And with a knowing smile, he replied, “What are words?”

In the velvet theatre of my mind, his voice cascaded like a timeless refrain, each syllable aglow with the shimmer of forgotten stardust. Our dialogue unfurled into a graceful dance - a delicate interplay between the resolute strum of guitar strings and the ephemeral heartbeat of verse.

I wandered through corridors draped in half-remembered dreams, where each word painted its mark upon the endless canvas of night. I mused on whether language is nothing more than an echo, or if it wields the power to capture the boundless depths of our silent, unspoken truths.

Beneath the halo of a fading moon, that lone question resonated endlessly, a quiet challenge to the weight and wonder of language itself. In that shared moment, poetry transcended mere letters and rhythm - transforming into a living paradox, as transient as it is eternal.

Now, as dawn spills its gentle light upon the edges of memory, I find myself ensnared in the echo of that simple phrase, pondering what words are but fragile vessels carrying our dreams, our songs, our deepest selves.

So, with Ringo’s gentle mystery still humming in the morning air, I embark upon a journey through the intricate terrain of language, seeking the hidden meanings cradled between every tender note of the song that dares to sing within our hearts.

What are words? They are the echoes of our souls - ever fleeting, ever profound.

Oh, Sock Man of Loughborough, bold in your solitary attire,
Perched **** upon a bollard, a daring spark of quixotic fire.
Clad only in that single sock - left foot shrouded, a secret kept -
You honour a town’s weaving legacy, where hosiery dreams have slept.

Engraved in your plinth, the town’s history unfurls like a scroll,
Images of yesteryear whispering tales of labour, art, and soul.
Each bronze mark a memory, a stitch in Loughborough’s vast lore,
Casting you as a living paradox between the ancient and the avant-garde.

Bare as truth yet bedecked by one - this sock a banner of fabled craft,
A tribute to the industrious hands that spun a future from a shaft.
In your odd, unabashed unclad state, you beckon us to reimagine art,
Where the eccentric reigns supreme and every quirky beat becomes a part.

So, Sock Man, muse of misfit myth, may your bronze grin ever defy,
The mundane; may each passerby pause, a spark of wonder in their eyes.
For in your singular, unabashed style, Loughborough sees a story spun anew,
A tapestry of oddity, history, and dreams stitched deep within the blue.

When youth doth bloom, its blossoms crave,
The wisdom found in age's stave.
Yet age, adorned in wrinkled guise,
Yearns for the spark in youthful eyes.

The clock's tick mocks our restless chase,
For neither form holds perfect grace.
Oh fleeting time, a shifting tide,
Our hearts in both do dreams confide.

Once a bustling heart of town,
Where dreams were bought, where hopes were found.
Through its halls, the footsteps rang,
Of shoppers, workers, laughter sang.

Its walls have seen the years unfold,
Stories shared, both young and old.
A place of gathering, joy, and cheer,
Now whispers fade, the end is near.

The shops that lined its cherished space,
Each one held its own embrace,
From books to trinkets, food to art,
Each store a piece of Loughborough’s heart.

But time moves on, as seasons do,
And change, though hard, brings something new.
Carillon Court, we bid adieu,
Your legacy will see us through.

What is grief if not living in the liminal space between mourning and coping, a shadowed threshold where life meets death in quiet conversation?

I stand on this fragile edge, where the heart quivers like a candle’s wane in the whispering dark, a realm where memories and absence, like twin spectres, waltz in the soft gloom of yesterday and the uncertain light of morrow. Every heartbeat echoes a silence weighed by loss, each breath a tentative bridge between sorrow and the subtle pulse of hope.

Here, in the interstice of emotion, time becomes fluid, a slow, deliberate current that carries moments of despair and fragments of longing, merging into an arras of unspoken truths. In this space, mourning is not an end but a sacred state, a hallowed pause that shapes the contours of coping; each tear, a drop of ink on the parchment of the soul, writing verses of resilience on the margins of our existence.

The twilight of grief, that delicate pause between dusk and night, between what once was and what might be, nurtures a silent alchemy: the transformation of raw hurt into a quiet strength, a whispered promise that from the depths of loss, a new knowing can emerge. We are all suspended, adrift on the cusp of knowing, our spirit marked by both absence and the faint shimmer of renewal.

In this liminal expanse, life, and death converse in the language of echoes and gentle reclamation, and grief, ever mysterious, ever patient, reigns as the unseen artist painting our scars with the hues of compassion. It is the sacred territory where mourning softens into acceptance, and the raw edges of yesterday’s pain create a fertile soil for the blossoming of tomorrow’s hope.

What is grief, if not this delicate passage, a continuous, unfolding dance with mortality where every sorrow holds the seed of a future embrace, every quiet tear a step towards a new dawn?