Paulien Bats art 6Originally uploaded by gumbootspearlz.
I love this picture by my friend Paulien. It seems an apt one to share on Valentines day.
Today all the mums with prep kids were invited to class just before the end of school. Our little ones had baked us jam tarts. They also wrote a little note of why we were Queen of their hearts…. very sweet. We played some games with them as they took over their classroom and hosted us for Valentine’s Day.
This is a poem I wrote for my first born (just about to turn 11 years old) and his father
Life lines
Imagine you gone
no you to share this life
spread out in the palm of
our tiny son’s hand
no life lines
leading me to see this worlds
in his grasp which comes so easily
to trust us
each finger folds
you and me
in a single stroke
he leads us to guide him
he touches our cheeks
and leaves affinity deep
within our grasp
our heartlines joined
have caused him to appear
as if he has always been
the answer which we sought
he recreates our fortunes
in curtain fig trees
stretched along the Strand.
As we read the stretch of lines in
each other’s Hands
& hold this phenomenon
so dear
so fragile
the palmistry of this beloved
unfurls
the universe
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Gumboootspearlz 
Pearlz,
thankz for the lovely use of my painting. Pictures need to be seen in order to have a right to excist.
I hope to inspire you till the end of days, as you do inspire me with your poetry.
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Thanks for your permission to post these on my blog. It has been great to have a childhood friend! stay in touch all this time.
What an amazing world we live in that so much is possible.
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