A Contrasting Life

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A bright shining moon in a tomb coloured sky.

Contrasts we see as the years slip by.

Winters that are warm, summers that are cold,

These and many more things we see as we get old.


December is finishing, it’s almost the end of another year.

There are many reasons to remember what got us through to here.

Loved ones that are passed, others that survive.

Give respect to the dead, but live your life for those alive.


Christmas is a time for the bad to put far away,

Memories of those can be visited on any other day.

It comes but once a year and then it fades from our view.

May my Christmas message of love remain with one and all of you.


From my family to yours; have a great time of year!

© 2015, Danny Kemp. All rights reserved

About Daniel Kemp

Daniel Kemp is a seventy-four-year-old member of The Society of Authors. He is also a bestselling writer. He writes stories that appeal to those who like challenging themselves to solve mysteries that are set out before their eyes. His introduction to the world of espionage and mystery happened at an early age when his father was employed by the War Office in Whitehall, London, at the end of WWII. However, it wasn’t until after his father died that he showed any interest in anything other than himself! On leaving academia he took on many roles in his working life: a London police officer, mini-cab business owner, pub tenant and licensed London taxi driver, but never did he plan to become a writer. Nevertheless, after a road traffic incident left him suffering from PTSD and effectively—out of paid work for four years, he wrote and self-published his first novel —The Desolate Garden. Within three months of publication, that book was under a paid option to become a $30 million film. The option lasted for six years until distribution became an insurmountable problem for the production company. All ten of his novels are now published by Next Chapter Publishing Company which has added an edition titled The Heirs And Descendants Collection, which holds all four books of that series, alongside an edition titled The Lies And Consequences Collection which contains all four volumes of that series. He is the recipient of rave reviews from a prestigious Manhattan publication and described as—the new Graham Green—by a highly placed executive of Waterstones Books, for whom he did a countrywide tour of book signing events. He has also appeared on 'live' television in the UK publicising his first novel. He likes to write quotes and it's on Goodreads where you can find them--- https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/list/72612151 An example of these quotes opens his novel--Once I Was A Soldier:--There is no morality to be found in evil. But to recognise that which is truly evil one must forget the rules of morality. Less
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2 Responses to A Contrasting Life

  1. Leave it to you Danny to find just the right words to make us all feel good. Beautifully said and so true. Happy Christmas and New Year to you and yours. Celebrate!

  2. Danny Kemp says:

    Thank you, Patricia, and a happy one to you and yours. My wife and I thank you for your card. It arrived yesterday!

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