I used to enter poetry competitions when I was very young and I have returned to writing poetry after many years. after many years. The summer was tough for me as for many others. I appreciate my family, lovely home and garden. We have enough to eat and live in a nice city. However, the Pandemic, climate change and the pain of racism reignited by Brexit have sometimes overwhelmed me. I have hope because this new generation of young people are amazing but it has also been painful to think about the racism my family and I, and countless others have endured. I have learned to try and live with gratitude for the good things and be philosophical. My husband says I am relentlessly positive! Although that has been dented, it is still there! I will be sharing poetry about all these things over the next weeks. Love and light to everyone

Future
In this time of grief and trouble
when certainty eludes us
I sit alone and wonder
when the future will be bright
I gaze ‘cross the fields and forests
feel the air upon my face
and smell the fragrant harvest
growing at my feet
grand success and filthy lucre are not my inspiration
to be alive and know it
is the purpose of each day