Just Dreaming: Poems

Copyright © 2013 by Julie Ludbey.

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Rev. date: 06/03/2013

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CONTENTS

1.   Section One

Ocea0n and Trees

Nature and Fire

2.   Section Two

Sadness and Pain

Loss and Death

3.   Section Three

Happy and Fun

Love and Romance

4.   Section Four

Betrayal and Anger

Confused and Damaged

5.   Section Five

Family and Friends

Animals and Pets

6.   Section Six

Peculiar and Nonsense

Unusual and Miscellaneous

Dedication

To my three children who I love very much.

My daughter that is always been there for me.

My youngest son that is a great support to me.

Also my two sisters who are dear friends.

To Bambi who is my best friend and

The rest of my family who have been there for me.

This book was written for myself, by myself

Because everybody can be a somebody

We are all good at something.

Poems of Love and Tears

My poems are not necessarily

Fact or fiction, but merely

Inspired by thoughts and feelings

Poems in each section

Are in no particular order.

Authors Favourites

Pain

Rain and Tears

Dreams/Reality

The River

Had to Go

Chains

Just Dreaming

Soft Sand

Camper bus

Home Alone

SECTION ONE

Ocea0n and Trees

Nature and Fire

WARM WHITE SAND

My feet sink in the soft sand

My eyes look across the land

Pure white sand stretches for miles

I stand still and look for a while

The sea so beautiful and blue

My thoughts so pure and true

The wave’s crash upon the shore

They make a sound like a roar

I sit down on the Warm White Sand

I let the sand fall through my hand

It’s so peaceful and relaxing here

I love the fact that nobody’s near

I love the smell of the salty sea

I take a deep breath, I feel so free

I love the cool breeze in my hair

I look down the beach, no one is there

I sit here alone for a long, long while

Then I walk back slowly as I smile

The clean salt air has cleared my mind

I continue on, not once looking behind.

THE CAMPFIRE

The glow of The Campfire

Lit up the immediate area

Giving warmth to those surrounding it

The flames danced in the breeze

Turning the wood to ashes

The ashes floating peacefully in the air

The coals shone brightly adding more light

Smoke drifted upwards in search of the sky

Leaving the beauty of the fire

To flicker peacefully in the night

CAMPER BUS

We pull our Camper Bus up by the sea side

Us kids get out and run away, play and hide

Leaving our parents to set up the camp site

While we take advantage of the day light

We run along the beach bare feet in the sand

We then sit down filtering sand through our hand

We return to our camp site amongst the trees

Enjoying the views and the warm ocean breeze

I sit on the ground and a bullant bites my toe

I yell loudly I’ll be alright in an hour or so

We go swimming in the waves its lots of fun

Then we go to the playground when were done

At the end of the day we climb into our bunk bed

Happy to now lay down our tired and weary heads

Its great going to sleep in our big old bus so grand

We wake up in the morning and go play in the sand

The days go by as we eat drink, play and sleep

We find sea shells and collect them all to keep

Then it’s time to head home around all the bends

I know we will do it all again on other weekends

PEACEFUL FOREST

Wandering through the forest early one day

Turning here and there going in no particular way

Tall tree trunks covered in ancient looking bark

Some with scratches and the occasional little mark

Rays of sunlight shine filtered through the trees

Sounds of rustling leaves in the cool light breeze

My footsteps falling softly on the damp ground

Disturbing the leaves that have fallen all around

Sweet sounding chirps from birds in the blue sky

Swaying little bushes as animals try to sneak by

Lots of tiny creatures scampering about the place

Finding green grassy patches in a tiny open space

Trickling sounds of a creek slowly flowing ahead

Smooth looking pebbles cover the icy creek bed

Wandering all alone on this narrow twisty track

Enjoying the Peaceful Forest before I head back

Breathing in lots of clean fresh air as I softly sing

With sweet smelling odours surrounding everything

I relax ever so quietly sitting under a shady old tree

Happily knowing this is the place I really want be

THE RIVER

I watch the water flowing down The River

A breeze catches me for a moment I shiver

I throw my fishing rod into the water

And say ‘this is fun’ to my daughter

I look at all the smooth rocks lying around

I watch my eldest son collect them off the ground

He skips them across the water, that’s clever

It really is nice us here all together

My daughter turns rocks over looking for crabs

She finds some running that she quickly grabs

My little son screams with excitement and fear

As she shows him the crabs that are very near

Were all enjoying the day by the water in the sun

Fishing, skipping rocks, catching crabs is all fun

Even better is being with my three children today

Enjoying the river, flowing down from the bay

THE SEA

The waves roll peacefully towards me

The foam lay sleepily across The Sea

There’s just the noise of a gentle roar

Then silence as the waves lap the shore

The beauty of the sea makes me stare

Then I take a slow deep breath of air

I can almost taste salt in my mouth

I slowly begin to head towards south

My feet are massaged by soft sand

As my eyes study the wonderful land

THE SOUND

I sit and listen to the world around me

I hear a bird chirp so sweetly

I hear a fly as it buzzes