when life seems to cause the blues
brighten yourself up with many hues
find something to make you laugh
then laugh and laugh until you baff
wear something sexy or cheerful
ardently avoid the grey and tearful
dance away to your favourite tune
muck about, play the buffoon
life is far too short
so don’t get caught
wasting it in an unfitting mood
make fun, be a real playful dude!
dedicated to Nat a lovely young lady who passed this week, cancer took her too soon!
aroused 
Excellent post! Thank you for sharing!
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sometimes a poem cannot even match the person we’ve lost
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Nothing could match Nat 🙂
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So sorry to hear about your friend Kate… such a lovely tribute for her 💖
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Beautiful… It always has an effect on me when I hear that someone was lost to cancer. It’s especially tough because I refused to let it take me, and continue to do so. It’s ugly and it’s not right.
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A great reminder about life Kate but still sometimes life is like an ugly battle. Sorry to hear about your friend.
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it’s all about our attitude and our intentions Rupali …
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love it, simply beautiful way to start my day, thanks Brutus!
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So sorry about the loss of your friend Nat. I know so many others that were taken far too soon. I agree with your poem’s message – Enjoy every moment! Don’t waste one second.
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Your words are well said and your loss is felt, sorry Kate… It’s tragic.
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Such a true poem and very touching 🙏
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Such a lovely tribute…always sad to lose someone so young…
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Such a positive poem.Must be fitting to the person you wrote for. May her soul rest in peace.
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I’m so sorry for your loss, Kate! And I loved this poem. When we lose someone far too soon, we do realize just how much we need to enjoy the days we have. Well said!
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I’m so sorry for your loss! Cancer stinks~
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This is a lovely poem and I would love to believe that Nat had a wonderful life. 🙂
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She lived every moment to the fullest, people are flying in from all around the world for her funeral … as she said “I can still draw a crowd”
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Oh, I am so sorry Kate. Such a lovely, heartfelt tribute. 🙏
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until we move on … and so the cycle of life and death roll on 🙂
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Well done. It is sad and heartbreaking when a life so young is taken.
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it’s too much she had so much to give but became our lesson on impermanence 😦
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😦 Oh, no! 😦 Is that the young lady you shared with us in the recent past? This makes me so sad. I will keep her family in my thoughts and prayers. Gone way too soon. 😦
I bet your poem in her honor has her smiling down on you. 🙂
(((HUGS)))
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she helped me write it … it is so her!
You and I are the lucky ones Carolyn, it’s not fair when young ones go so quick …
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Yes, we are!
One of my sisters died from cancer at too young an age and she had 4 children still at home that needed her. 😦
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What a beautiful and fitting tribute. Always sad to hear of a young life lost to cancer 🙏
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Beautiful tribute – and wise words for us all !
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❤️✨ thank you Kate & I send my condolences.
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a short but very fulfilling life, we will miss her but now her suffering is over Bri, thanks!
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Delightful poem, resonates strongly with my ethos, particularly love the advice to eschew the grey and tearful.
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A beautiful tribute
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May her soul rest in peace ! You’re saying right Kate . Every moments of our life is priceless . We should enjoy the life forget about what people say . Well written . Enjoyed reading . 😊
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Reblogged this on Blog of Hammad Rais and commented:
Simple, short but an amazing set of thoughts by Kate about something we all known as Life!
Do read it out 🙂
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Wonderful words for the whole world. Life is indeed too short, so spend it wisely 🙂
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What a wonderful ode …… May her soul rest in peace
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she was always in peace, she came to teach us about impermanence … only 33 yo
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A beautiful tribute
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