If you’ve nothing good to say, then say nothing at all

She smiled in that familiar way,

Then gave me that knowing look,

Which said in no uncertain way

“Craig Buller, I can read you like a book!”.

She’d lean in and listen to every word

And you always know that you’d been heard.

She’d comment, suggest, and willingly converse

With always good things, never worse.

And though her stature is somewhat small

Her worldly advice always stands tall

Cause, “if you’ve nothing good to say, then say nothing at all”.

Craig (25/08/2021)

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Portrait by Ann Rayment