I Loved You My Love.

I Loved You My Love

Lyrics by B Porteous

Thanks for the gold coins

white daisies and ruby ring

when you gave them from heaven

they meant everything.

You said ‘forgive me my transgressions

be they big or just small,

when I looked back from here

I just saw it all’

Chorus:

I saw your sadness

the pain in your heart,

I saw my sorrow and loss

and it’s too late to start.

But you came to heaven

to see how I was

and you know now I loved you

I loved you because.

Life passes so quickly

in a skip and a hop

and then one day

with a heart-stop

I dropped.

I left your world

though you held me within,

I left you My Love

so you could begin.

Begin your life

find a love you can trust

and shine your smile

forever on by

for I am gone now My Love

it was my time to die.

Repeat chorus:

I saw your sadness

the pain of your heart

I saw my sorrow and loss

and it’s too late to start.

But you came to heaven

to see how I was

and you know now

I loved you My Love

I loved you because.

©

(Written in ten minutes January 30, 2011. Lyrics Copyright written by B. Porteous 2011.

Suggest Acoustic Guitar, Dobro (Resonator Steel Guitar), Mandolin.   All String instruments, Country music.

I am seeking a singer and musician to write the music.

This song lyric is linked to the verses I posted here on Pink Love Shining in February 2011 and the verse I posted previous to this one on Pink Love Shining yesterday. 

Please read these verses for the context of this song being written after a heavenly experience in January 2009.

Please read my fruitful blog called Come Blossom Come Fruit for all my recent writings.

Grieving Is Like Leaving.........

Love In The Mist

Nine years ago today I read your eulogy

and then went into another room

to share a cup of tea.

And all the time along the way

I thought my grief would heal one day,

but although there are shifts and better times,

my heart just circles back to you

and faith helps me to carry through

all these years, occasional visitations,

but always, never another friend like you.

Five years ago you took me to heaven

to show me around,

you said you were sorry for your transgressions

be they big, or small,

and we healed so much

and I came back to continue along

healing myself and to write you a song.

This song with lovely lyrics,

I said I would share one day

and I continued writing in other ways.

But now I feel that cycle ends.

I must be present in my life.

I must heal the fractures,

be less vulnerable,

express myself from my heart

and begin again with a new start.

So as promised

and to continue Pink Love Shining

I will share those lyrical lines

knowing now that I’ve healed in time.

And as always

grieving, is like leaving

never going to arrive

until you do,

you do survive,

as the only way is working through,

casting off until there’s you

now knowing you as you do.

(Written May 13, 2014)

Breathing Pink

Sitting now, you hear the wind,

the old past blowing

the new times coming.

Ring the bells, release the old,

use your talents and your hours

sharing simple words from us,

as you listen to

the songs we are singing you.

Lighter, lighter

brighter, brighter,

clearer nearer,

more to hear,

much more coming, becoming clear.

Release, surrender

start your new,

inside out and surely true.

We’re always growing,

it’s only change,

we are here to grow and re-arrange

anything which no longer serves us

releasing softly,

life supports us.

Breathing pink, glorious pink,

with breath after breath of pinking-in

your life will brighten,

as the clouds go and seeing pink will truly show

that all around, above, below

angel smiles have a heavenly glow.

My Present Moments

May I have the Grace

to know my place

and the faith

to walk whatever path

is leading me

intuitively.

In essence

all the gifts are free

when I come to Balance

and Humility,

when I do my best

to serve the many

knowing there is

always plenty.

Bring my love to everyday

living in the Present Moment

being there

to really ‘own it’.

Loving myself

and nurturing too

loving me

is loving you.

Birds Are Singing, Bells Are Ringing

As I live this Christmas week

I pray for all

who love and seek,

for all the ones

on this dear earth

who need some song

who yearn for mirth,

for love and peace

for sharing now

for living, breathing

and caring how,

for melody

and harmony,

for the beautiful voices from the skies,

for all who live

and all who’ve died.

May love surround

and fill our hearts,

may oneness bring

us back to start,

to live and breathe

and join the spirits

who surround us in our every day

and call us over

when our time has passed,

the only truth

that ever lasts

is love

and song

and other worlds

with voices singing

as bells are ringing

and faith and hope

are blessings true

which come to us,

me and you.

So in this Christmas-time we have

may peace be with us

and gratitude true,

may you love me

and I love you.

May lights be bright,

may heaven be high

as blue comes down

and blue comes through,

heavenly blue

with lightest white,

may clouds of wonder

and pure delight

bring 2014 calmly in

and may you know this

and know to bring

all your love to share around

with all of us

on earth our ground.

May light, bright hope

and songs bring faith

and times will tell

and bells will ring

and yes we’re here at the beginning.

Fill us up with love and cheer

and compassion, contentment

and a bright new year.

Come Blossom Come Fruit

Please continue reading my verses on my website
www.comeblossomcomefruit.com

Strawberry Cream and Rose Petals

On a country walk

through a hillside town

I found the red roses

as I was strolling around.

At first,

I just took a photograph

as I looked at the mass

of beautiful flowers

and thought to keep going

as I’d been walking for hours.

But the rose

gestured to me,

come closer and see

the heart of my colour

is like no other

symbol of romantic love

and yet,

you see,

more in me.

What I see

when I look at you

is a glorious full bloom

with a golden centre

and that is unusual

and stepping aside

from the symbol of roses

that flows on the tide

of passion and joy

and the romance of Spring

this bright colour

may also bring

more to each day

in a universal way,

that helps us to find

a sharing of minds.

I will go further

and express even more,

the depth of brotherhood

we all could explore.

Would we share with a stranger

our soup on the stove,

would we walk one mile further

to show that we care

there are people around

who feel lonely and lost,

will we take them a rose

to help them to find

more examples that locals

may also be kind.

So as I go along

on this ‘Neighbour Day’

I have greeted three strangers

in a friendly way……

The schoolgirl with the smile

and homework to do,

the boy on the bicycle

who was exuberant too,

and the lady in sneakers

out walking her road,

she’s almost home

and is now somewhat tired,

but still, very cheerful

to see me in town

and perhaps ‘the Friday feeling’

was dancing around.

So Red Rose

will go

into a beautiful vase

and sit on my desk

as a tribute to

the smiles of strangers

the strength of ‘Hello’

the sunshine this day

and Spring flowering displays.

So I have fresh strawberries

to serve with rose petals,

having just had a coffee

in the Red Door Food Store

where I copied a recipe

from the High Tea Cookbook……

it was for Strawberry Cream

and delightful it looked,

so delighted I will be

to serve it with scones

and a cup of black tea.

So let’s enjoy

life as it is

the simple pleasures

are serendipitous gifts

to widen our smile

and surely uplift

small encounters

on little adventures

through the path of this day

and my pleasure to see

Rose’s beautiful display.

(Written with a single red rose whilst walking in Balhannah, South Australia on October 25, 2013)