by Sally Leiper | Jul 26, 2011 | Poetry
When I’m trapped in my own darkness and the walls are closing in; When the fight that I have fought so hard seems hardly worth the win. Then I need Your help to fight it, and I ask You what to do. ‘Come to Me.’ I hear You answer, and I bring it all to You. For I am...
by Sally Leiper | Nov 25, 2010 | Poetry
Bright eyed, square-eyed; a boy plays his computer game. A game where all is fantasy, and the good defeat the bad. Wide eyed, terrified; as bombs explode and bullets maim, Another boy seeks safety in a world gone truly mad. The Western child, with careless greed, lets...
by Sally Leiper | Nov 3, 2010 | Poetry
I close my eyes, and they are here. Come from that secret place, where old friends sleep. They stir at my call. We are together now. Quietly, they come. So many well loved friends. Now we can go wherever memory takes us. Up to the hill? Down through the woodland’s...
by Sally Leiper | Jun 18, 2010 | Poetry
Here, let me sleep. Quiet, in this place of peace and memory. Here let me rest. Free from the pain, the fear, the sympathy. I shall rest quietly here, For I have lived my life. So short a time, blessed in so many ways. Now, as I sleep, remember happy days. Plant here...
