My Wordly Wealth

Heather Williamson

Poetry on roots, love, life and faith

Tag: Poetry

  • Back When

    Sometimes the events of living take overAnd we forget what we were at firstCast back, mindWhat did I love when I was twoOr fiveOr ten?WordsThey must still be thereLanguage hasn’t dried upDespite text speakGen ZOr Gen Alpha brain rot -Whatever that is A word is still a wordI mean, bruhThey still teach Shakespeare in schoolDon’t… Read.

  • Stay

    Another rather honest one. I need help with this living business….. Stay my hand, LordShield my eyesI cannot choose Your ways so wiseI walk through troubleGladly ISave me JesusLest I dieI powerless amTo do your willSo keep me, Jesus.Keep me, still. Read.

  • Past Perfect

    It is in the bones of meThis placeThe great flat And the open skyThe twist of a lane To my homeThe stone walls of my cottageI loved this place thenButI had already lovedThis place beforeIn the daysWhen everything existedIn my mindSo much largerThan realityWhen snowdriftsStill closed schoolsAnd I was safe in my parents’ loveAnd the… Read.

  • This again

    I have posted this before, prior to doing this blog. But it continues to be sadly relevant for far too many families. Fight The system is brokenI’m all out of fightI’ve phoned all the schoolsI know what would be rightBut it doesn’t existSo do I just stop hoping?Go on as we areSee how long we… Read.

  • You did not need a kiss

    You did not need a kiss todayOr stop and wave as you went inYou said you knew where to goSo I sit with my cup of teaLittle pools creating in itI say “I’m tired, I got up so earlyThere was so much to prepare.’But I did not prepare meHow could the weight of emotion be… Read.

  • Something Like Perfection

    This is where i explain things a little further I suppose. I had the flu jab a while back and it made me ill. (They always say it won’t!!) So stuck in my house I looked for something to watch on ITVX and I stumbled across A Fine Romance, with Judi Dench and her late… Read.