By Mac Mckechnie
Once I had a few ideas, and put them down on paper,
Didn’t know how to use them, so saved them all for later.
Little scraps of wonder, half-thoughts in the rain,
Lines that made me smile, and some that spoke of pain.
They waited there in silence, between coffee rings and stains,
In notebooks and on napkins, like half-forgotten names.
But words are seeds with patience, they never go to waste—
Each one holds a story, each one holds a taste.
I found them in a drawer once, tucked beneath old bills,
Between a letter never sent, and dreams that gave me chills.
And when I read them over, they whispered something true—
That even when you doubt it, the words remember you.
So I gathered up those fragments, the ones I almost lost,
Polished them with kindness, no matter what the cost.
Some I stitched to fiction, others shaped as rhyme,
Some became a moment, captured outside time.
They grew into a chorus, into laughter, and also into light,
Into late-night revelations and mornings warm and bright.
They taught me how to listen, to notice, to believe,
That even quiet musings have magic up their sleeve.
So now I build a garden from every word I find,
A place where thoughts can wander, and peace can clear the mind.
It started with some scribbles, unsure and left unseen,
But now they bloom on pages in colours bold and keen.
If you have words, then keep them—no matter how they start.
You might just find they’re treasures, tucked deep within your heart.
For stories grow in silence, in corners of the soul—
Once scattered seeds of meaning, now finally made whole.
Author Bio:
Mac Mckechnie is a Yorkshireman and lives in Barnsley South Yorkshire. Now aged 75 he has the luxury of sufficient time on his hands to go back to his love of writing. He leads a creative writing group in Barnsley, and one in Wakefield, and a lot of his ideas are sparked from work within those groups,
Mac is a family man at heart, has a few hobbies, is a member of the organisation u3a, which is an organisation for older people, where he leads a group with the sport Kurling, and also the writing groups. Mac is an active Christian, and the Pastor of his local church in Barnsley.
Mac has written several books, Sci-Fi being his favourite genre, but confesses that he is drawn to simple animal adventures from his younger days, owing much of their story composition to stories from Bu3a creative writing groups that Mac leads. His next animal book “Tilly” about the light-hearted adventures of a Border Collie in East Yorkshire is out soon on paperback and will also be available on Amazon.
Contact Author:
Mac Mckechnie
e: mckechnie31@btinternet.com
t: 07891745633
