THE CORNER 4 WOMEN

Friday 10 November 2023

The Dancing Shoes of Everlasting Joy by English With Mia

"The Dancing Shoes of Everlasting Joy"

by English With Mia

Once upon a time in a cheerful village, there lived a kind-hearted girl named Lily. Lily loved to dance, and she dreamed of having a special pair of shoes that would make her dance with everlasting joy.

One sunny day, as Lily was walking through the village square, she spotted a small, old shoe shop tucked between two tall houses. The sign above the door read, "Magical Shoe Emporium."

Curiosity twinkled in Lily's eyes, and she decided to step inside. The shop was filled with all sorts of shoes, each one more unique than the next. A friendly old shoemaker named Mr. Cobb greeted her warmly.

"Hello, dear! How can I assist you today?" he asked with a twinkle in his eye.

Lily explained her wish for dancing shoes that would fill her heart with joy. Mr. Cobb smiled and disappeared into the back of the shop, returning with a dusty, but beautiful pair of shoes.

"These are the Dancing Shoes of Everlasting Joy," he declared. "They've been waiting for someone just like you."

Lily carefully put on the shoes, and as soon as her feet touched the ground, she felt a magical tingling sensation. With a skip and a twirl, she found herself dancing gracefully around the shop.

Her heart was filled with pure happiness, and she knew these were the shoes she had always dreamed of. With a grateful heart, she thanked Mr. Cobb and left the shop, dancing all the way home.

From that day on, Lily's life was filled with music and dance. She twirled through meadows, danced under the twinkling stars, and brought joy to everyone she met.

Word of Lily's magical shoes spread throughout the village, and soon, people from near and far came to watch her dance. They couldn't help but smile and feel the happiness radiating from her.

One evening, as the sun set in a blaze of colours, Lily danced at the village square. Suddenly, a soft glow surrounded her, and the shoes shone brighter than ever before. Lily knew that the magic of the shoes was spreading, bringing happiness to all who watched.

And so, the Dancing Shoes of Everlasting Joy became a legend, and the village was forever known as a place where happiness bloomed in every step.

Remember, my dear friends, that joy can be found in the simplest of things, and sometimes, a pair of magical shoes can remind us to dance through life with a heart full of happiness.

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How do you explain by Jess Urlichs

"How do you explain" by Jess Urlichs

People will try to tell you about that first moment.

Where you fall in love.

And you’ll nod, you’ll sit there in awe trying to make sense of a feeling that could never be put into words.

Because how do you explain about knowing love but not like this, how it runs through your veins.

How with each inhale you’ll consume it forever from this moment forward.

That your new home is wherever they are, and theirs is simply you.

How do you explain this pain with a purpose, the one that pulls every ounce of strength from your body. One you never knew you had, one that waited for you.

How do you explain wanting the world to know about this perfect little person you’re staring down at, and in the same breath, wanting to protect them from it. That you’ve never felt so fierce and so vulnerable, that your arms have never felt so important.

How do you explain that months of growing them, would be the beginning of them growing you. How you can be born again, still you and someone new.

How do you explain how it feels as if you’ve known them forever. How they find your eyes like it’s all they’ve been searching for.

How do you explain how time will stand still, but never still enough to catch it.

How your legs will wobble in this new role but you’ll never stand so tall.

And how heartbeats have their own language.

That this love has a sense of melancholy, you’ll feel everything, it’s so big it hurts.

It’s peaceful and it’s terrifying.

A journey where your destination travels alongside you.

A detached piece of yourself that makes you feel whole.

A colour before the bloom.

A type of magic handmade just for us.

Maybe that’s why no words could ever do it just.

Jess Urlichs poem from hardback of ‘From One Mom to a Mother’ www.jessicaurlichs.com/shop

Art: @petkovaboyana

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OCEAN OF WISDOM

"OCEAN OF WISDOM" (author unknown)

A poor man always think the rich man made his wealth out of luck.

And the rich man believes the poor is poor because he is lazy.

A young lady who married very early thinks ladies who are finding it hard to get married have bad character.

A man who just graduated and get a job immediately thinks he is smarter than others.

While a woman who just got married and start giving birth sees "barren" women as people who lived a wayward life.

If only the poor knew the price the rich paid to get to top and if only the rich knows the battles, challenges that the poor is going through, none will ever form a theory about each other.

If the poor can't appreciate the rich man's success let him mind his business if it is easy to be rich he wouldn't have been poor.

And if the rich won't help the poor grow at least they should not kill the spirit of a struggling man.

If only you know what people endure or fight behind the scene you will always thank God for your life. Until you walk in people's shoes, You will never know how hard the journey is.

Help each other grow!!!

Mock less, envy no one.

and love one another.

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THE WOLF AND THE RABBIT by Becky Hemsley

"THE WOLF AND THE RABBIT"
by Becky Hemsley 2023

The rabbit bounded up the hill,

A full moon in the sky

When she heard the howling of a wolf

Which turned into a cry

She bravely climbed the hill

And found a wolf without his pack

Crying out in agony,

His legs caught in a trap

And though the rules of nature

Told her she should turn and flee

Her kindness then resolved her

To ensure that he was freed

So she released each paw from in the trap

Then licked his wounds

Pretending not to notice

His reaction to the moon

See all the while she’d never stopped

Looking into his eyes

For she knew these were the windows

To the soul he’d trapped inside

His eyes were fierce and angry

But she watched them slowly change

Through relief to vulnerability

‘Til only peace remained

And then it was his turn

To quite ignore his nature’s laws

To quieten his hungry growl

And put away his claws

“I don’t know how you did that,”

Were the words he spoke at first

And she looked down to his paws

To check that none of them were hurt

“Not that,” he said, “I don’t know how

You softened me inside”

And then she whispered just three words –

“I see you,” she replied

They walked for many hours

Counting fireflies and stars

And when the morning sun rose

They were sad they’d have to part

“Meet me on the hill,” she said,

“The hill on which we met

Meet me there this evening

As the sun begins to set”

And both of them considered

Whether it was right to meet

Were there too many obstacles,

Too much adversity?

But they both knew that this

Was something they could not ignore

Something beyond nature

That they’d never felt before

So they met upon the hill

And as the sun set from above

They proved that there is nothing

Quite as powerful as love

******

This was actually written as a request for a couple who then used it as a reading at their wedding

Love conquers all!

Becky Hemsley 2023

Artwork created on Canva

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Thursday 9 November 2023

And Tomorrow We Will Wake Again

"And Tomorrow We Will Wake Again" (author unknown)

I S E N T them off to school sad today

It was just one of those yucky mornings

Tears were shed, threats were made

Not one of us listened to the warnings

There was yelling I wish I could take back

And patience that was hard to find

The cloud of exhaustion lingered heavy

Trying to function but running blind

I hugged them tight in the final moments

Before waving them over the road

And even though I said I love you

I know that’s not what my actions showed

So now a lump sits hard but idle

In my throat and in my heart

Regret settling like lead in my stomach

A wish for a do over, a restart

As I watch their backpacks sway from behind

I picture them holding back the prickling tears

I tell myself they’ll shake it off before school

Lies I tell myself to squash my mum fears

I’ll replay the morning all day long

Hold myself accountable, question my choices

The guilt will chew me up and spit me out

No silence from my inside voices

And when they walk back in that door

With their arms open ready for a hug

I will tell them I’m sorry for the rough start

And I have no doubt they’ll smile and shrug

‘That’s ok mum, we’re sorry too’

Is the usual response I receive

Their truly hearts live to forgive

Especially after they’ve had time to breathe

Their sorry embrace will fill the cracks

That I carved in my heart all day on my own

The pieces healed in mere seconds

By their love I’m knitted up, resewn

And tomorrow we will wake again

With intention to lace actions with heart

And hope that the goodbye is an easy one

Cos we all deserve a gentler start

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SEASONS by Becky Hemsley

"SEASONS"
by Becky Hemsley 2022

We all have an autumn

A time to let go

Of things that are no longer

Helping us grow

A time to reveal

All the colours we cover

With sunshine and light

In the midst of our summer

A time when our souls

And our spirits prepare

To return to their roots

And to lay themselves bare

And as all our petals

And leaves begin falling,

Our breath becomes cooler,

Our nights start to draw in,

We realise our winter

Is heading this way

With cold that assumes control

Over our days

With dark that’s determined

To not let us win

To fight with the light

Hibernating within

And I know that it’s tough,

It’s exhausting and hard

To rally your spirit

And soul from the dark

But there’ll come a day

When your petals return,

Your days become warmer,

The darkness adjourns

So right now, you feel

Like your winter won’t leave

There’s ice getting caught

In your throat as you breathe

But when it feels so bleak

You want to give in

Hang in there, remember

We all have a spring

******

Becky Hemsley 2022

Artwork by the wonderful AF Anki MalowAnki

'Seasons' is from What the Wild Replied

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Wednesday 8 November 2023

A NEW CHAPTER by Becky Hemsley

"A NEW CHAPTER"
by Becky Hemsley 2021

She asked him how he’d done it

How he’d built marshmallow towns

How he’d met a little poor boy

Who was destined for the crown

She asked him how he knew about

The language fairies speak

And how he’d caught a shooting star

That now was his to keep

She asked him how he’d swum

Right to the bottom of the sea

And how he’d seen a mountain cry

And heard the sunshine speak

She found it all a mystery

He breathed the air she breathed

But he breathed out tales of distant lands

And things she’d never seen

And she saw a world of wonder

When she looked up close at him

And when he spoke his words flowed

Like a poem on the wind

He told her that it hadn’t been

Some wings that helped him fly

And it hadn’t been a net he’d used

To catch things from the sky

It wasn’t maps that led him

To a chest of buried gold

And it hadn’t been a ship

That sailed him halfway round the world

It wasn’t bricks he’d used

To build a castle in the sky

For he told her he had lived

All of these things inside his mind

And he told her she could do it too

For reading’s all it took

And she’d open up her world

If she just opened up a book

******

Becky Hemsley 2021

Artwork created with Canva

'A New Chapter' is from my first collection:

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