ONCE UPON OUR LIFE TIME
IN A QUIET CURVING LANE
IN SLEEPY CANONBURY'S CHIME
THERE IS A TINY HOME RANGE
MADE OF WOOD AND GRAIN
SOUNDING AS DELIGHTFUL
AS A CLEVER RHYMING TRAIN
STONY TREE COTTAGE SO PRETTY AND VITAL
WHEREIN LIES THE CHANCE TO BE INSIGHTFUL
FOR IT IS WHERE FAIRIES AND GOBLINS CLIMB AND HIDE
WHEN NO-ONE IS LOOKING
WITH FIERCE CURIOSITY TO DISCOVER
YOU CAN LIGHTLY TAP SO CAREFULLY PUSHING
ON THE TINY BRIGHTLY PAINTED DOOR COVER
IN THE HOPE IT WILL OPEN BEFORE YOU
THEN SOMETHING EXTRAORDINARILY
MAGICAL WILL FROM INSIDE APPEAR ANEW
HALF EXPECTED YET HOPED SO FERVENTLY
A TINY HAND WELCOMES YOU TO ENTER
YOU CAN HARDLY BELIEVE HOW ARTFULLY
THIS MYSTERY DRAWS YOU NEAR TO ITS CENTRE
AS YOU ARE A GOOD CHILD
YOU ARE INVITED IN FOR CAKE AND TEA
SUDDENLY WITHOUT KNOWING YOU ARE BEGUILED
YOU ARE TINY LIKE ALICE WONDERLAND SMALL AND TWEE
YET DOWN THE SWIRLING RABBIT HOLE
WHERE LOTS OF MAGIC STARTS TO UNFOLD
CLEVERLY UNLOCKED TAPPED AND TOLD
FROM THE HEART OF THIS VERY SPECIAL ABODE
SO KEEP YOUR EYES PEELED WIDE
FOR IF MAGIC STRIKES YOU WILL SEE
FAIRIES SPARKLING DANCING THEN FLY
DARTING TO AND FRO LIKE HONEY BEES
STARDROPS AND STARLIGHTS BURSTING ACROSS
THEIR BRIGHTLY COLOURED HAIR
SHOWING YOU THAT LIFE IF CHILDHOOD LOST
THROUGH GLARING SCREENS IN WHICH YOU STARE
RATHER SHOULD BE PLAYED THROUGH OUTDOORS
DISCOVERING NATURE WITHOUT WORRY OR CARE
IT IS THE BEST GIFT FOR ANY CHILD WHERE IMAGINATION SOARS
SO MAKE SURE YOUR YOUNG DAYS ARE SPENT IN NATURE'S LAIR
SUDDENLY YOU ARE WALKING THROUGH GREEN MOSS AND GRASS
IN SUNDRIPPED CURVING HEDGEROWED LANES
TILL YOU SEE A CASTLE MADE OF SHIMMERING GOLDEN GLASS
WELCOMING YOU WITH OPEN SILKEN ARMS
WHERE UPON INSIDE YOU WILL HEAR
ANGELS SINGING AND VIOLINS PLAYING PSALMS
YOU CAN SPEND TIME IN THE PRESENCE OF SOMEONE SO DEAR
A PERSON YOU CAN HEAR BUT NOT SEE YET THE MESSAGE SO CALM
ITS IS THE WISDOM FATHER YOU'VE BEEN LONGING TO RETURN AND REVERE
BEFORE YOU WERE BORN AND YOUR EYES UNABLE TO SEE HEAVEN'S BALM
THEN WHEN YOU HAVE LEARNED YOUR LESSONS QUICKLY AND CLEAR
THROUGH WISDOM'S GENTLE ALL SEEING MIND YOU FIND
THAT YOU WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER TO BE SINCERE TO EVERYONE
AND MOST IMPORTANTLY TO ALWAYS BE A GIVING HEART DEVINED
IT IS KINDNESS AND SINCERITY THAT WILL NUTURE YOUR SOUL
THROUGHOUT YOUR SPIRIT ADVENTURE TO PASS THEN YOUR WISDOM
TO YOUR OWN CHILDREN THEN THEIR CHILDREN IT IS THEIR ROLE
TO EACH MAKE THE BEST OF THEIR LIVES FULL OF OPTIMISM
HELPING AND NURTURING THE PLANET IN EVERY POSSIBLE HUMANE WAY
AND TO INFLUENCE MANKIND TO STOP THE NEVER ENDING
CIRCLE OF MINDLESS DECLINE ENSURING FOREVER IT'S OUT OF PLAY
COPYRIGHT NATASHA ANNE KELLEHER OCTOBER 2018
PHOTOGRAPH COPYRIGHT NATASHA ANNE KELLEHER OCTOBER 2018
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