Why do we not see it and love it as we ought.
Jane Begley
Our Changing World
How the world has changed from when it all began
A world that has existed for millions of years
A world that is meant to go on forever
A world so precious and so unique
Yet most of us do not understand
How precious and unique it really is
We bicker and argue amongst ourselves
About carbon emissions and the state of the world
Always taking the easy way out
Instead of investing in ways to safeguard the world
One day if we do not take heed
Our precious world will be lost to us all.
Jane Begley
Seasons
The world is ever changing, ever moving
Sometimes calm and gentle
Sometimes ferocious and angry
The land is constantly changing
The sea is constantly changing
The sky above changes with them
The people and animals and plants
Also change with them
What an amazing place this is
A world so unique in this vast universe
Turning so slowly, we are totally unaware
That we too are slowly moving with it
The sun and the moon essential to our life
Give us all that we need to survive
Without them, life on earth would be no more
There would be no seasons, there would be no life.
Jane Begley
Seeing and Hearing
Do we see everything that is in front of us
Do we see everything that is behind us
Or do we see only what we want to see
Is it possible to see everything that is around us
Are we aware of the things that we cannot see
Do we hear everything that is going on around us
Are there things going on around us that we can only sense
Are we perhaps only tuning in to certain sounds
Certain sounds that we know are there
Do we have other senses that we are not aware of
Senses that can only be used when we are aware of them
Some people call it intuition
A kind of knowing or a kind of feeling
A kind of sense when something is not right
A kind of sense when something is right
Not a seeing or a hearing but an awareness.
Jane Begley
The Air We Breathe
How strange it is that the air feels different
On different days and in different places
Sometimes it feels fresh and clean
Sometimes stuffy and stagnant
Wherever you are in the world
The air and the atmosphere are different
It changes with the environment
Even the people you are with
Even the buildings you are in
Can change the air that we breathe
How strange it is that the air feels different
In so many different ways.
Jane Begley
The Children of Tomorrow
We are all the children of tomorrow
We are all capable of love and understanding
Love is shown and felt in so many ways
All over the world, there is a new understanding
That love is THE most important emotion of all
Without love, there is only anger and hate
Children are given more love than they have ever been given before
They are allowed the freedom to express themselves
Knowing what it is that they would enjoy doing
Knowing and being in touch with themselves
Understanding that the earth must be looked after
That war and fighting is not the way to solve problems
Let us hope that this understanding will soon spread
To all the troubled parts of the world where love is not expressed
Where they cannot see the cause of their own anger and hate
They see only what they are told to see and do not look inside their hearts
The world is a magical place if you take a look around you
Even in the busiest town or city, just look up at the sky
Ever changing, ever moving from day to night and back again
There is always a tree somewhere to be seen and birds up in the sky
Thank goodness we are now more aware that the world must be taken more care of.
Jane Begley
The Creation of Life
We are born and we die
What determines how we live
Where does our spirit come from
Where does our spirit go to when we die
Is it all purely chance
Or do we come here for a purpose
Is there a particular path for everyone
We are all different enjoying different things
Some of us are good at particular things
Some are good at different things
Is there perhaps a balance of different characters
A balance of how many people are good at certain things
Is there also a balance of good and bad people
There must be surely
Otherwise life would be even more difficult than it already is
It is a pity that we don’t all know what we are supposed to do
Then life could be so much more than it is.
Jane Begley
The Gap
Life began with a bang, we are told
Everything coming together at just the right time
To create a world, to create life
Life which gradually evolved into what we have today
Did people really evolve from apes
How did all these different species come to exist
How did nature produce such a varied life
A life with all the right combinations of wild life
All the different species that live in the sea
All with a different purpose for life to exist
Did people really evolve from such primitive life
Or did they perhaps come from another place
Sent here to help protect and care for
Such an amazing, diverse and complete world.
Jane Begley
The Love of Two People
Whoever you are, wherever you live
Love is as necessary as breathing air
Without it, the spirit will gradually die
Without the touch and the love of another
There will always be something missing
When two people meet and fall in love
Their whole world changes completely
Their souls unite and they are happy again
They are no longer unhappy and incomplete
When they lie together, their bodies touching
When they come together and become as one
There is nothing in the world that can compare.
Jane Begley
The Sky Above and the Earth Below
All around the world, there is the sky
A miracle in itself, as there is nothing really there
A space that goes on forever
No one really knows
Wherever you are, everything looks different
On one side of the world, it is day light
On the other side of the world, it is night time
What is at the centre of the Earth
Does anyone really know
Below the surface, there are all kinds of amazing things
From diamonds to coal, from water to oil
Fires burning and bubbling, throwing out their energy
So many different
theories of how it all began
So many unexplained questions never really answered
An ever-changing sky and ever-changing earth below.
Jane Begley
The Weather
Hardly a day goes by without some kind of change in the weather
Sometimes only slight and subtle
Sometimes from one extreme to the other
Changes in the weather can affect how we feel
And can affect what we do
The weather affects the plants that grow
It affects the animals and birds and insects
When we look out and see the blue sky and the sun
We feel happy and energetic and want to be outside
If we look out and see a grey sky and rain
Our energy and enthusiasm goes away
Too much of a good thing, however, can have the same effect
All around the world, the weather is different
Even in the same country it varies from place to place
What an amazing world this is
A tiny planet in such a vast universe.
Jane Begley
The Wonders of the Sea
The sea is the creator of our landscape
It is the healer of our souls
It has an energy which is so unique
It can calm the spirit
It can energise the soul
Just by standing and watching
Just by standing and listening
By breathing in its freshness
By bathing in it completely
It can heal and energise our all.
Jane Begley
The World and All Its Creatures
There are so many creatures that inhabit the world
It would be impossible to count them all
Creatures so small, you need a microscope to see them
And those so big, they can only survive in the sea
Birds so beautifully coloured, they just don’t look real
Animals of all different shapes and sizes.
Jane Begley
The World and the Weather
The Earth and the moon and the sun
These planets are all interconnected
They control the force of the weather
The weather controls the earth
These forces are shown in different ways
All around the world, they change from day to day
From calm to storm in a matter of minutes
Such varying weather brings monumental change
From eroding cliffs from stormy seas
That can destroy the land and all in its path
Winds of such force, they can uproot trees and buildings
Carrying them vast distances away
Volcanoes both on land and under the sea
Producing fire and burning molten rocks
Flying out and burying everything in its path
Changing the landscape since time began
We have icebergs and frozen seas both in the north and south
We have deserts of sand which appear to never end
Shaped by the wind and the scorching sun
So many varying climates are hard to believe
All on one lone planet in such a vast universe.
Jane Begley
Together
In every part of the world, there are people who care
There are people who know how love feels
Who care about their families and friends
Who try to do what feels right in their lives
Those who care about the planet
Those who try to change the things that are wrong
Who appreciate the beauty that is around them
These are the people who bring us hope
Hope that one day things will change
One day we will all work together
To love and take care of this beautiful world.
Jane Begley