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Thank you and Happy reading! Donna x
WHEN I GO
When I go,
don’t learn to live without me,
just learn to live with my love,
in a different way.
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SO OLD
You’re so old
they say
and I laugh
with a deep roar
rising up from my very soul
because how could that phrase
ever be anything
but magnificent?
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Dear People Of Ukraine
Watching your unbreakable spirit is beyond inspiring.I feel such pity for your plight and then I switch on the news and all I can feel …
FEATHERS
I left you a little white featherI placed it right there in your wayI wrapped it in love with a messageto let you know you’ll …
I WALKED
I walked with you today, I took the longer way.I made some time to tell you all the things I didn’t say.I spoke to you …
AGE HOWEVER YOU LIKE
AGE HOWEVER YOU LIKEI mean, you do you.If you want to pull and tweak and tighten and brighten.Go for it.Why not?Is it making you happy?Good, …
Tu me manques…‘you are missing from me’
The french don’t say, ‘I miss you’, they say… Tu me manques…‘You are missing from me’. You are. Missing. I feel your absence as though …
There’s A Woman In My Mirror
There’s a woman in my mirrorAnd she looks a lot like me,Though there’s lines around her eyes,And her hair is wild and free.She is plumper …
History Will Remember When The World Stopped
History will remember when the world stopped, by Donna Ashworth
Don’t Miss Me More Than Once A Day
Don’t miss me more than once a day, For life is moving fast. Don’t wish all of your time away, Dreaming of the past. Don’t …
BY 40, OUR MIDDLE FINGER IS AT HALF-MAST…
By 50, it’s full on UP.By 60, both of those fingers are hoisted in a V…and not a single care is given any more.I mean, …
TO THE WOMAN WHO IS SLOWLY FADING AWAY…
To the woman who has lost her spark. To the woman whose get up and go, has well and truly gone. This is for you. …
You’re Not Imagining It…
You’re not imagining it, nobody seems to want to talk right now.Messages are brief and replies late.Talk of catch ups on zoom are perpetually put …
ONE DAY
Today, I dared to let myself dream,That the world will one day open again.That the locks will loosen, the walls will fall,The doors will fly …
One Day, An Army Of Furious Older Women Will Take Over The World…
One Day… An army of furious older women will take over the world. And I want to be there at the front. Because one day, …
BE THAT WOMAN
Be the kind of woman you want to call when things go wrong. Be the motivator, the encourager of dreams. Be the kind of fierce …
YOU DID YOUR BEST TODAY
YOU DID YOUR BEST TODAY You did what you could. You could have done more – possibly. You could have done things differently – sure. …
TO OUR DAUGHTERS
TO OUR DAUGHTERS 🌟 You were born made of softness, sweetness and love, but with a will so strong it could bend iron – despite …