THE TINY SEEDLING RAISED ITS HEAD
The tiny seedling raised its head
Looking around at what it could see,
It looked at the other plants and shrubs
They are all much taller than me.
But it stood there in a sheltered spot
Right against the wall
It sadly looked around each day
And wished that it were tall.
Each day the gardener stopped and said
In a gentle tone,
Do not worry little one
In a few months you’ll be grown.
As the sun shone down on that little plant
It started to grow quite fast
It grew and grew until quite soon
All the other plants it passed.
It grew higher than the windows
So tall it reached the roof
And the sunflower looked around and said
Just look I am the proof.
That from very tiny beginnings,
There’s no limit to what can grow.
So set your targets very high
And from your own seeds they can grow.
© M.Rattray.
WE ALL HAVE SPIRIT GIFTS TO USE
We all have spirit gifts to use
How to use them we must choose,
To use those gifts, large or small
That we can choose to share with all.
Or keep them tightly wrapped within
Surely that would be a sin.
Many need the healing hands
To cure the sickness on our lands.
Loving words from those we love
Brought as comfort from up above.
Help to prove that they still live on,
From our lives they have not gone.
Someone who listens when others grieve
When a loved one had to leave.
Just finding the suitable words to say
All spirit workers have a part to play.
So polish up your gifts today
Learn to use them in any way
Try to make others understand
As you give comfort and help on this land.
© M. Rattray.
MIRROR, MIRROR ON THE WALL
Mirror, mirror on the wall,
Who is the fairest of them all,
As your reflection comes in to view,
What do you see looking back at you.
A face full of frowns and a wrinkled brow,
I’ll have to get through this day somehow.
Why does everything happen to me
When everyone else gets off scot free.
Another scowl and a comb through my hair
Why should I bother, no one will care.
I have a quick shower, now what will I wear,
Back into my room and across to the chair.
Lying there is a feather so white,
A gift from an Angel during the night.
Someone cares, I am not on my own
Suddenly I don’ t seem quite so alone.
I glance in my mirror what do I see
A lovely smile shining back at me.
And all of a sudden I am aware
That my Angel walks with me everywhere.
© M.Rattray.
I ASK THAT ALL BE FREE FROM WARS
I ask that all be free from wars
And for peace throughout our lands,
That all could stop their fighting
And instead that all joined hands.
That all could love their fellow man
That all forget their greed,
That all could join in sharing
Just keeping what they need.
I ask that all could see the pain,
In the eyes of those who cry,
That they could wipe the tears away
And save the ones who die.
That all could pray and ask for help
To save our mother earth,
To stop the greed and pillaging
That could maybe be her death.
I ask that all consider more
The damage being done
And ask once more for healing
Before resources all have gone.
We have been blessed by many gifts
On this our earthly lands,
But we are all destroying it
With our selfish hands.
So take the time to stop and think
Of things that can be done,
As if we carry on this way
All earth’ s treasures will be gone.
© M.Rattray.
NO-ONE SEEMS TO CARE
There are so many on this earth
Who do not seem to care,
Of all the earthly problems
They seem so unaware.
Of starving children with no food,
In many distant lands,
Living in great squalor
Holding out their begging hands.
Lands with illness, little cures
Where no-one seems to care
Other lands with plenty
But they do not want to share.
Many live without a roof
To raise above their heads.
They merely have the open ground
On which to make their beds.
Where loss of mortal life is high
Where children slip away
They have not learned what childhood is
They have not learned to play.
Where little children have to beg
Or steal to get some food,
Where hunger is a normal thing
And their life is not so good.
Oh if only all could care
And maybe take a part
Praying for those distant lands,
Would maybe be a start.
If only all forgot of war
And learned to live in love,
We would maybe hear the lessons
From the learned ones above.
© M. Rattray.
WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME, YOU COME TO ME
When I call your name, you come to me
But I know that I should set you free
As you learn to live in a land so new
Where one day I will join you too.
I know that you still love me dear
And the loving thoughts are ever near,
But we now must walk our paths alone
As I am here but you have gone.
You live your life in another land,
But although I miss you, I understand,
That you have much more work to do
To progress on this path so new.
There is so much that you must learn
Much more knowledge you must earn
To understand the spirit way
As you live there day by day.
Then when that other land I reach
What you’ve learned, to me can teach,
As we unite once more in love
In that land of sunshine up above.
© M, Rattray
TAKE MY HAND I AM LOST
Take my hand I am lost,
I have no-one to show me the way
I know that I really should ask,
But I did not know what to say.
So I asked that someone should teach me,
As I felt that I was all alone
And a voice in reply, gently said
That no-one was left on their own.
You are always surrounded by spirit friends,
Who come when you give them a call.
You do not have to be special
As they answer to one and to all.
They do not judge or criticise,
They do not charge a fee.
The love and help they give to us
Is always given free.
So make a start and ask right now
For someone to show the way
And I am sure that you will find,
That you know the words to say.
© M. Rattray.
SILENT FOOTSTEPS
Silent footsteps in the dark of night
A touch so soft and caring.
A gentle caress upon my head
Of memories once more sharing.
Silent hours when sleep wont come
And I lie there all alone,
But once again I hear your step
And I know you have not gone.
Silent tears in the lonely night
When time drags by so slow,
Then a whispered voice within my ear
Says, it really was my time to go.
Morning comes, the footsteps go
But now I feel so strong,
I know you have not left me
You are with me all along.
© M. Rattray.
RAINBOWS.
Rainbows come in many hues
Of yellows, greens and reds and blues.
After the rain, comes the sun
And this is true for everyone.
If you listen to the tales of old,
The rainbow brings a pot of gold,
But you must search and seek it out,
It’s never left just lying about.
You must always work for what you yearn,
It’s the only way that you will learn,
That your path through life is up to you
Other people don’t hold the clue.
Each must seek his own pot of gold
And decide himself what it will hold.
Jewels and gold and coins so rare
Or maybe gifts that we can share.
Coins and gold can soon be spent,
Soon you may wonder where it went.
Those riches soon can fade away
As your rainbow turn to grey.
So ask for health, joy, love and care,
The gifts that you can also share
And as you spread those gifts around,
The pot of gold you’ve truly found.
© M. Rattray
I GIVE TO YOU MY LOVE
I give to you my love,
I shared with you my heart.
When I returned to spirit,
I knew we would not part.
The closest bond, you gave to me
And in return, I gave to you,
Will always stay deep in my heart
And I know you’ll love me too.
Two hearts as one, they beat in time,
With mutual love and caring.
The days on earth I spent with you,
Were filled with Joy and Sharing.
So little time we had to share
As life went flying past,
But one abiding thought we knew.
Our love was made to last.
Twas made of love and made of trust,
The vows that we did share
And ever onward through our life
We showed our love and care.
But now I’ve gone to spirit
And we must be apart,
But as in life we two are one
And you still dwell in my heart.
© M.Rattray
This verse was given to me by my friend Elizabeth’s husband Alex as a gift of love.
ON THIS OUR SPECIAL DAY
Today would have been a special day
If we had not been apart
But every day is a special day
As I still keep you here in my heart.
Our love it was so special
In so very many ways
And we do not need to celebrate
Only on special days.
From the day we met, you stole my heart
No one else could ever compare.
I was so glad that you felt the same
And a lovely life we would share.
We walked together side by side
Joined together by love
And as I loved you there on earth
I now love you from above.
There’s a tear in my eye that we cannot share
What would have been our special day
But the love we have will always last
As I continue to love you in every way.
Just know that I walk beside you
I’m only a thought away
And I send you love from deep in my heart
On this our special day.
© M.Rattray.
This verse was given to my friend Elizabeth from her husband Alex to celebrate the day that would have been their fortieth wedding anniversary
I FEEL YOUR LOVE SURROUND ME
I feel your love surround me
As I sit here all alone
Your presence is so real to me
Although your bodies gone.
We were a pair, two separate parts
With a mind that thought as one,
I knew what you were thinking,
Now I have to think alone.
You were my strength, the point of life
As we travelled far and wide
But now I must tread on my own,
Without you by my side.
We shared so much, the laughs and joy
As our days flew by so fast,
Now although in life we’re parted
I know our love will last.
When I think of you I still can smile
As the happy thoughts recall
And as the memories flow once more
I’m not alone at all.
We maybe live in different worlds
But you still dwell in my heart
And as I live my life down here
I know we’re not apart.
You keep me strong to carry on
When I sometimes feel alone
As your presence is so real to me
As your spirit has not gone.
© M. Rattray
A CHILD WENT MISSING TODAY
A child went missing today
Did somebody take them away,
Please help to ease the parents pain
As they wonder if they will see them again.
Innocent children come down to this land
And we must lead them by the hand
Nurture and teach them how to evolve
Help as they grow their problems to solve.
Each child is a gift given on loan
To care for and worship until they have grown.
We hope that their lives will be happy and long
But sometimes alas we are proved to be wrong.
Not all who live on these lands are good
They do not live their lives as they should,
So we must always be aware
To protect the children in our care.
A child went missing today
Did somebody take them away,
Let them come home and remove the pain
And allow their family to love them again.
© M. Rattray.
MILLIONS OF STARS
Millions of stars, in a sky of blue
When night-time falls, come in to view,
Then as daylight comes they disappear
But we still know that they are there.
Many see their loved ones die
In their grave, they surely lie,
There is no other life in store
And they will lie there ever more.
They will not believe what they cannot see
And they will not listen to folk like me,
Who know our loved ones still live on
We know for sure, they have not gone.
We do not need to see to know
That to heavenly realms they go
To join the stars in the sky of blue
That as night-time falls, come into view.
We know as the sun begins to shine
Our loved ones are there, yours and mine
We know that they have just moved on
It does not mean that they have gone.
So when you look at that sky of blue
Send a loving thought or two
To let them know you do believe
That our loved ones never leave.
© M. Rattray.
I STAND BESIDE MY WINDOW
I stand beside my window
As I gaze at the starry sky
And once again I sadly ask
Please father tell me why.
I know you have to fill your land
With those who walk this earth.
But why did you have to call to you
The child that I gave birth.
As I cross my empty arms once more,
You must understand my pain,
I long to hold that little child
In my arms once again.
He was my little ray of sunshine
Who gave meaning to each day,
Now I just have memories
Since you took my son away.
Each day I pray you keep him safe
And sit him on a star
Then every night as I watch the stars
I can see him from afar.
I know you must have loved him more
To have caused me all this pain
I only ask that you care for him
Until the day we meet again.
© M.Rattray.
