Soulful Beings

By Petal Knee

This little gem of poetry will make your eyes sparkle like diamonds with tears of heartbreak,
laughter, and joy.

The poems are narrative tales in rhyme and make for easy reading and understanding. Most of them are written in a way children can begin to enjoy once again the dying pastime of reading a book.

They have no hidden meaning. The author believes that if you are able to relate in some way to other beings, then you have a soul. Therefore, mankind and animals alike all are soulful beings.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris UK
• Release date: Feb 11, 2015
• ISBN: 9781499093858

Petal Knee

I am an ex white Rhodesian now known as Zimbabwean. Now sixty three years of age widowed and residing in London Uk. Despite all the war and terror I lived through in Africa, I pride myself on being not racist. My life for as long as I can remember has been traumatic. I am therefore unable to describe it here. It is within these pages you will learn my life. Take a walk with me.

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Copyright © 2015 by PETAL KNEE.

Library of Congress Control Number:   2015901799

ISBN:      Hardcover            978-1-4990-9383-4

               Softcover              978-1-4990-9384-1

               eBook                   978-1-4990-9385-8

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Rev. date: 02/04/2015

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Contents

Accursed Gift

Africa

Time Out

Amun and Horus, CH Kittens

Animal Abuse

Angel’s Visit

Children

Blind Kitty

HRH Bluebelle

Borders

Cancer Cat

Cancer

Cheetah

Christmas Dinner

Chiari [Kee-Arr-Ree]

Child of Mine

Copper Dog

Black Cat’s Lament

Da Flufferoonies

Dark Side

Insomnia

Hope for the Deaf

Deadly Shade

Dementia

Drowning

Earthbound Angels

Ellie Cat

Empty Gifts

Fubu

Furby

Gejig (Tiny One)

Furry Diamonds

Grief

Ginger Snaps

Gambol

Grapje

Henry

Herman

Heartbreak

Hope

Humanity’s Shame

Hunter

Inflexible Me

Pictures

Inspiration

Kadabra

Kit Kat

Lexi and Dezi

Loving Support

Lost Kitty

Lucky People

Maria

Mates

Mira

Madness of Life

Mad Max

Who Am I?

Memories

Milo

Moment in Time

Mummy’s Song

Monty

Munchie

Motty

My Ferals

Mr F

Questions

Rainbow Bridge

Rhino

Russell the Fire Survivor

Sally

Sandra

Scissor Paws

Shifting Sands

Solitude

Soul Mate

Street Life

Sunny

Tara: The Journey Home

Tara’s Legacy

Tear Tracks

The Anniversary

Thorns

Time

Tortoise Thoughts

Velvet Glove

Verbal Abuse

Who Am I?

Zach

Tracy’s Love

Trees and Things

Twins

Vampire Lover

Toby Murphy

Zamboni

Soulful Beings

Mazzel

Single Mother

Rasmus

ALS

Betrayal

Blades

Ode to Clive

Dad

Darkness of Dawn

Daybreak

Depression

Distant Lover

False Soul

First Love

Lady Moon

Minds in Unity

Poetry Is

Renewed Hope

Wagon Ride

The Rose

Seasons

Springtime

Sweet Oblivion

True Love

Tunnel Lights

Weep Not

Would You?

Loss

Karma

Alzheimer’s

The Foetus

Second Round

Call of Duty

Farmhand

The Hero

Honour

Jerusalem Crucified

Lost Child

Marula Tree

Militia

Peace

Scout Pony

Salute

Chat Room

Cybermate

Internet Encounters

Laptop

Ode to the Soaps

Sahara Virus

Satnav

Book of Life

Children

Judge Me Not

Needs

People

Plastic Revolution

Regenerations

Trust

Baby Breeze

Feline

Ferry

Gemstone

Kitten

Little Boy

Moments with Nature

Orphan

Sailors’ Curse

Save the Dolphin

Tiger Dreams

Abyss

Christmas Rain

The Colour Red

Feathers

God Has a Name

Golden Coin

Fly, Fly, Do Not Wait for Me

The Heart of Christmas

Love of God

Sisters of Mine

Sunrise

So You Feel You Are Worthless

The Twins

The Visit

Time

Triumph in Death

Decisions

Drifting

Fading Love

How do I win your heart?

Cruelty of Love

Leap of Faith

Love Was a Sham

Love’s Wings

Shattered Heart

Souls Afire

Tears

Accursed Gift

Reading my words they cry

Who wants this gift of mine

That never leaves a dry eye

A gift where teardrops shine

Gift of sadness, a heavy one

That I really shouldn’t share

Times I wish this was gone

Sending smiles everywhere

Words used to share my soul

Taking away the mental pain

I’m told they make me whole

Nothing to lose, all to gain

Is this then the price I pay

To be happy and at peace

If this be so, I would stay

Without the painful release

Should others pay the price

Forced to feel sad or morbid

Just so that I may feel nice?

Somehow it just isn’t right

Africa

I look at the skies, and my heart cries

I seek some sun, and there is none

Tilting my ear, I try to hear

There is no love of the turtle dove

I step out the door, but all I feel is floor

No grass grows here under my toes

I breathe the air; it’s not fresh or clear

I yearn for a land of sun and sand

Where birds fly free sitting on trees

I have applied, truly; I’ve tried for a passport for me

To set me free, to go where elephants roam

The place I call home, my birthright removed

I feel so abused, in no man’s land, my fate

In a country I hate

Time Out

When I don’t answer my phone

It’s because I choose to be alone

If I ignore your daily text

It’s not because I am vexed

Sometimes I need to see

To understand the inner me

I have to accept my flaws

So that I can deal with yours

Amun and Horus, CH Kittens

Amun and Horus, two loving kitties are we

Living a great life with our human mummy

Our kitty mummy was a pretty rescued cat

More siblings I had, I do remember that

Mummy cat arrived but was carrying a gift

We were safely tucked up inside her midriff

Not every cat is born made to perfection

Horus and I arrived with the CH defection

So many special kittens are born with needs

That don’t mean just loving and feeds

One of us walks with a drunken wobble

But this in reality is actually no trouble

One cannot stand without a helping hand

Don’t be detracted cos we really are sweet

Two more loving kitties you have yet to meet

Mummy has nursed us and taken great care

It will take time, but we’ll eventually get there

So we may never run around, pounce, and dance

But with God’s grace, have been given this chance

Very grateful to be loved, we are indeed

Fighting for the rights of all kitties in need

Animal Abuse

The story may be sad

It may even be bad

But it’s very, very true

What bad humans do

We are badly abused

Bred and cruelly used

Left outside to die

We never understood why

Just show you have a heart

Do your moral part

Trap, neuter, and release

We are begging you

Please

Angel’s Visit

Struggling through the winter storm

Jacket zipped up nice and warm

Against the snow drifting all around

It built up so quickly on the ground

Dollars and cents I had not many

Could almost say hardly a penny

Christmas lights flashing in stores

Not only here but on distant shores

One of the lucky ones just to be

That’s what I was trying to tell me

When faintly I heard her pitiful cry

From the gutter I was walking by

She sat there in the cold white snow

Nothing to eat and nowhere to go

Holding her gently in my left palm

I picked her up to save from harm

Loneliness fluttered wings and left

No longer did I feel lost and bereft

Tiny little kitty felt exactly the same

Purring loudly as I gave her a name

My Christmas gift sent from above

Angels matching our eternal love

Snowball and I still a loving pair

After heaven showed me how to care

Children

So many modern children grow up and away

Say their parents are the reason they did not stay

How quickly they forget parents going without

Even grown-up children still yell, stamp, and shout

Then you get the mother who does it just right

Her children love her, holding her so tight

Watching the loving trio group around her head

Showing to the world family love is not dead

Blind Kitty

There are senses given to me

I can touch, hear, feel, and taste

While it’s true I cannot see

I am still a loving and caring kitty

I have a purr button like the others

And I love to sleep on your covers

I will quickly learn my way about

To use the litter box and shout

Don’t reject me as being disabled

Leaving me in a shelter, stabled

I really want to live with you

Be a friend and comforter