Heaven

This is another poem I wrote shortly after my heart condition was diagnosed I guess I was thinking about what happens after we die...this is what came into my head at the time.

I stand outside the gate and wait
My heart is all a flutter
I know that when he questions me
My words I'm going to stutter

There's no good trying to hide it
There's no good trying to lie
We all know sometime in our lives
That we are going to die

I wish I'd been much kinder
I wish I'd thought things through
I know that there's a reason why
I'm standing in this queue

I know he wants an answer
But I don't know what to say
I wish I had another chance
Or just another day

The queue is getting shorter
My mind is racing fast
I need an explanation
As to how I lived my past

I want to say I'm sorry
For things that I've done wrong
I want him to forgive me
I'm trying to be real strong

The gate begins to open
There's nothing I can do
I really have no choice you see
I need to walk on through

I wonder can you help me
Can you tell me what say
If only I had listened
Found time to kneel and pray

Then suddenly from nowhere
A voice so sweet and kind
It whispered to me softly
The words they filled my mind

I know you had a reason
For the things that you did wrong
If only you had talked to me
I could have made you strong

1 could have given you direction
All you had to do was ask
If you had taken time to listen
I could have shown you the right path

He said please be frightened
You wont be turned away
Just remember when your troubled
All you have to do is pray

© Diane Heron

I Saw An Angel

I wrote this poem on the Anniversary of September 11, I thought about all the people that died that day, but wondered why some people didn't....were their Angels with them that day, did God have a message for them to pass on to us all...perhaps in all that devastation we needed Hope ?

I know I saw an Angel
That sad and fateful day
I know I heard her whisper
Telling me to walk her way

She held her hand out to me
Perhaps it's all a dream
Silence all around me but
I still heard people scream

I don’t know why she chose me
I don’t quite understand
Why other people round me
Didn't get to hold her hand

She told me I was special
And I had some work to do
She said I have a message
That I need to share with you

She took me to a wondrous
Place with beauty all around
My feet were floating in the air
Not stepping on the ground

The sun was shinning brightly
There were flowers everywhere
I don’t think I have ever seen
A site I could compare

I asked if I could stay there
But she said I had to go
My help on earth was needed
To let the people know

Angels walk beside us
They protect us everyday
Only God can tell our Angels
If we should come or stay

There is nothing to be scared off
So please don’t shed a tear
Your Angels is always with you
There is nothing you should fear

God gave you life for living
He hope’s you understand
Why he sent a Guardian Angel
And she offered you her hand

© Diane Heron

Me and RSD

This poem is about a Chronic Pain Condition which my youngest daughter has, she was diagnosed in 2002 at the age of 15 with Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD) Very few doctors know about this condition which causes the nerve signals to go out of control and leave the person in constant pain.

I sit in my chair
There's a tear in my eye
Just watching the rest
Of the world go on bye

Questions unanswered
Stuff about me..
why God I ask do I have
R.S.D.

Friends come and go
Do they really know me
Do I scare them away
Because I have R.S.D

My bodies so painful
I'm screaming inside
I don't want to play
I just want to hide

I wont let it beat me
This thing R.S.D
I'm not going to sit here
While it bullies me

I'm taking control
wipe a tear from my eye
I know some day soon
That God will reply

My family all tell me
I'm special you see
They don't treat me different
Because I have R.S.D

God if your listening
This thing R.S.D
I now know the reason
Why you've chosen me

© Diane Heron

Vikki & The Sunshine

I wrote this Poem for a little girl who
used to live next door to me her
name was Vikki. She read one of my poems
and thought I was Famous,I just had to write one especially for her.

I went outside to see the sun
Oh what a lovely day
But when I looked in to the sky
The sun had gone away

He told me he would be here
He promised me he would
Perhaps I got the day wrong
Or I just misunderstood

I know I'll get a ladder
I'll climb up to the sky
knock upon that great big
Cloud and ask the reason why

That might be rather tricky
Said a voice from down below
I heard he's out with Vikki
And she's dancing all a glow

The sun is out with Vikki
I answered in surprise!!
He told me he would be here
You say he's telling lies

I saw him walk beside her
She skipped in her bare feet
She looked just like a princess
She danced around the street

I'm sorry said the Ladybird
I thought that you should know
When Vikki danced around the street
The sun shone down below

Perhaps he's only playing
perhaps he'll be back soon
I mean its only morning
He might come back at noon

Thank you little ladybird
Please have a lovely day
I'll just go back inside the house
And not go out to play

The sun can stay with Vikki
He'll get fed up of her soon
And I don't care about him now
Cause I'm going out with Moon

© Diane Heron

True Love

I wrote this poem for a lady in the RSD support group, She had asked me if I could write a poem for her daughter who was soon to be married to a young man with this chronic pain condition.The picture below however is my daughter Natalie and her partner dancing on the night of their engagement I used this photo because they look so much in love.

Words could not do justice
To the way I feel inside
when I watch the two of you
My heart swells up with pride

The gentle way you touch her
or kiss her on the cheek
The way she hugs you tenderly
Tells me this Loves for keeps

Sarting out together
on a journey thats unknown
living life together
To make a house a home

Good times and the bad times
I know you will get through
Because love can conquer anything
That life may throw at you

Sharing all your troubles
And dealing with the pain
Being there for each other
In wind or snow or rain

Then when the sun comes
shinning through
You greet the day together
I know inside my heart of hearts
This love will last FOREVER

© Diane Heron

The Cosmic Dance

I wrote this poem for someone who was very interested in the Stars,Universe & Space.We would have conversations about it online
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I met someone on line today
We spoke about the milky way
He taught me how to dream & dance
To look at the stars not just glance

We went to a world
all peaceful and kind
But you don't go by bus
you go in your mind

We watched shooting stars
As they whooshed all around
They sparkled and sprinkled
Then fell to the ground

This place is amazing
You can go anytime
You just close your eyes
And open your mind

It's a place in the Universe
That can't be bought
But it's easy to get there
It just takes some thought

So close your eyes
Fall into a trance
And soon you will be there
The Cosmic Dance...

© Diane Heron

Memories

I wrote this poem for a friend on the 10Th anniversary of her sons death.

I keep you close with Memories
locked deep inside my heart
A place that I can go to
When I feel the tears might start

I know your in a special place
Where only Angels go
I know because the voice inside
My heart has told me so

I know you're watching over me
I sense you everywhere
I can feel your arms around me
When I'm sleeping in the chair

When the sun shines through the window
and when I'm feeling blue
I use the key to unlock my heart
So I can be with you

© Diane Heron