A Gentle Shh
written by: Jane Bradshaw
Shh
Close your eyes
Still your mind
Breathe in
Breathe out
Shh
Feel the beat
Of your heart
Slowing, slowing
A soft boom-boom
Shh
Open your ears
Really hear
The message
I’m sending you
Shh
Or you might miss
The perfect bliss
Two fragile hearts
Sharing their beat
Shh
I have a secret
Tis mine alone
It is my choice
To set it free
Shh
I’m ready now
To trust fully
And let you in
A pair for life
Shh…
Jane hails from the distant shores of Darwin, in the Northern Territory of Australia. She has lived there all her life and has raised three young Adults. After 7 years as a Loans Officer and 6 years as a Rates Officer Jane found herself at university, studying to be a Primary School Teacher. Now in her seventeenth year of teaching, she has taken on the challenge of being the Student Wellbeing and Inclusion Teacher at her school. Jane has been a part of a poetry writing group for over five years and a short story writing group for over four years. Her passion for writing began in high school, and she continues to write because it is a deep intrinsic part of who she is. She has been published in four Anthologies, on a few writing platforms and one day she hopes to have her own collection of poems and a novella published.
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