Within by JM Dargaville

Within by JM Dargaville Hi I am Janine Marie d’Argaville. Born in Middle Brighton Victoria Australia, too many years ago to mention.

I’ve never been someone who could express my feelings with words from my mouth, but when I pour those words onto a page, they explode into life.

24/05/2026

WHAT WOULD YOU SAY

What would you say
If I went away
Never to be seen again
Would you come look for me
Or just let me be
Because looking would be in vain
What would you do
If I forgot you
And didn’t recognise your face
Would you help me see
What my mind had set free
And assist me to retrace
What would you think
If my words weren’t in sync
With the things I was trying to say
Would you decipher for me
For all to see
So to cause me no further dismay
What if I told you
That my future I knew
Would incorporate all of these things
Would you help me prepare
And always be there
No matter what the future brings
Growing old is not always
As smooth as we’d like
Some have it harder than most
They lose who they’d been
And think they’re unseen
Because they forgot the ones they held close.
Just because we get old
Doesn’t mean you withhold
All the feeling you had before
You need to remember
We don’t choose to surrender
All the memories that are now in a draw.
Just being there
And showing you care
By simply holding our hand
A response it may spark
And then from the dark
A memory from before might land.
So although we forget
That we ever met
Please don’t you do the same
Keep trying to find
The one we left behind
And help us remember your name.

13/03/2026

NO MORE TOMORROW’S

If there were no tomorrow’s
What would you do today
Would you do things differently
From your yesterday
Would things you thought important
All be put aside
And things you thought would always be there
Become your hearts new guide
The things you’d put off until tomorrow
Things you thought could always wait
Would they now be prioritised
Made your focus so it’s not too late
Like your family, and your friends
Would you find room for them today
When before they would have come last
Because there was always another day
What now would be your priority
Things that you must to do
Think of the things you hold in your heart
How would it be for you.
If you think this way from now on
You’ll never live in regret
You’ll never have to worry
About the things you’d once forget
Because some things should never be
put off for another day
Because one day there’ll be no more tomorrow’s
And you’ll only have today.

17/01/2026

ANOTHER LIFE

If I opened my eyes, what would I see
Would I notice the whole world looking right back at me
Would I only see beauty and none of the things
That show all the struggles living another life brings
These rose coloured glasses must be removed
So compassion may be felt and I’m no longer confused
About living a life outside of my sphere
To realise there are people who are living in fear
People that don’t know where they may sleep tonight
And to get what they need, these people must fight
Fight for the freedom that we live every day
The freedom to choose where their heads may lay
If I opened my eyes after knowing all this
Would I then realise that my life is actually bliss
Compared to another life I may have had
When I think of it that way, my life’s not that bad.

04/01/2026

FRIENDSHIP?

If I didn’t call you,
would you even care,
Would you notice my absence,
realise I’m not there.
If I didn’t call you,
would you then call me,
Would you want to connect
or am I the key.
The key to our friendship,
the one that you know
Will never let,
our connection go
If I am the one
who puts the work in
The one who reaches out
to see how you’ve been
The one who ensures
our friendship survives
While you just sit back
and wait til it dies.
Am I just being stupid
to ever believe
That you cared as much
about the connection we weaved
A friend I’m not sure,
you I would call
For a one sided friendship
is not a friendship at all.

22/11/2025

1989

I wish I could remember all the things we did back then
The things that were not captured yet wish we could do again
Before the world got crazy, before you went away
Before the sadness stole my heart, knowing you could not stay
As kids you often teased me, as brothers would often do
Though I never once regretted having a brother such as you
Your soft and gentle nature you shared with all you met
You’ll be forever the gentleman and we’re forever in your debt

On the 22nd of February 1989
In an instant you closed your eyes one final time
Everything changed in that moment, never to be the same again
A cloud covered over my heart and my tears fell like rain
Look down on us and know we love you, and we always will
You may not be down here on earth but in our hearts you are still.

In a blink of an eye you were taken, unable to say goodbye
You took a piece of each of our hearts the day your soul rose high
Not enough years were lived by you, not enough memories made
But all the ones that we hold close we know will never fade
We’ll think of you and speak of you each time we all unite
We’ll remember the way it used to be before your soul took flight
We will keep your memory alive in our hearts and there they all will stay
Until we all meet you again on our own dying day

On the 22nd of February 1989
In an instant you closed your eyes one final time
Everything changed in that moment, never to be the same again
A cloud covered over our heart and our tears fell like rain
Look down on us and know we love you, and we always will
You may not be down here on earth but in our hearts you are still.

1989 was the year you passed away
The year the world for us stood still the year we had to say
Goodbye to our sweet brother, gentle son and nephew too
A friend to many, a love to all, we said goodbye to you
We wiped the tears from our eyes and hoped that you could hear
The words your family and friends all shared that all were so sincere
We stood there in that chapel, still in shock and disbelief
Trying to be strong for all, yet drowning in our grief

On the 22nd of February 1989
In an instant you closed your eyes one final time
Everything changed in that moment, never to be the same again
A cloud covered over our hearts and our tears fell like rain
Look down on us and know we love you, and we always will
You may not be down here on earth but in our hearts you are still.

15/11/2025

THINGS

I see the things I want to buy, and the things I do not need
The things I know I can live without
Yet still buy them out of greed
The things I have, should be enough
To see me my whole life through
But when I see some new shiny things, I know what I must do
I think these things will make me happy, as new things have that affect.
But the happiness only lasts so long, until there’s new things to collect.
I have way too many things right now, too many just for me
Things I know that I should share, and things I should set free
There’s physical things and mental things and things I hold inside
Things that hold me back and things that I know I hide
The physical things I can discard, when they’re no longer of use
But the physical things and things inside, are harder with an excuse
There’s things like pain and things like sadness and things I can’t explain
Things I’d rather just forget and things that cause me shame
So I’ll push these things deep down inside and buy new things i see .
And one day maybe in the future
The other things will leave me be

14/11/2025

WHAT IF I TOLD YOU

What if I told you, I’m far from perfect
But deserve to be loved still
What if I told you, I’d made mistakes
But a heart I know I could fill
What if told you, I get angry sometimes
But always find my peace
What if I told you, my hearts been broken
But the beating would never cease

What if I told you I’ll always find it hard
To fully trust what you say
What if I told you, it’s hard to believe
That true love would come my way
What if I told you, I’d lie but not cheat
And would only accept the same
What if I told you when this comes to an end
I’ll only have myself to blame

If I told you these things, would you still look at me
With eyes that boar into my sole
Would you accept who I am with all of my faults
And continue to see me as whole
Would you love me with all of your being
And stay by my side every day
Would you tell me the truth when ever I asked
To promise you’ll not go away

What if I told you, this was only a dream
Something I made up in my head
What if I told you, I dream of you
Every night alone in my bed
What if I told you, I can do this no more
As it’s tearing me up inside
What if I told you, although I try
From feelings I can never hide

What if I told you it’s over
Never to be again
What if I told you to leave
For it’s never why, but when.
What if I told you I loved you
But could only be from afar
What if I told you I never deserved
This heart that’s nothing but scar

If I told you these things, would you still look at me
With eyes that boar into my sole
Would you accept who I am with all of my faults
And continue to see me as whole
Would you love me with all of your being
And stay by my side every day
Would you tell me the truth when ever I asked
To promise you’ll not go away

03/10/2025

IS IT WRONG

Is it wrong to want to feel the longing
for a love that’s gone away
To yearn to be together again
for our hearts to join some day
To want something I may never have
although we’ve never met
To want with all my heart and soul
the one thing I may never get

I listen to the songs on the radio
of heartache and despair
Of waiting for a love that’s lost
and of how much they still care
That they would wait a life time
For that love to return
And how the love in their hearts
would forever burn

Is it wrong to keep on dreaming
even though I am old
To want to feel connected
and have someone I can hold
Have I ruined my chances
by waiting way too long
I just want what they sing about
I want my own love song

I listen to the songs on the radio
of heartache and despair
Of waiting for a love that’s lost
and of how much they still care
That they would wait a life time
For that love to return
And how the love in their hearts
would forever burn

Is it wrong to want anything at all
when my life is so good
I’ve the love of my family, and my friends
I’m not sure that I should
Am I selfish for wanting more than that
should I just give in
And be satisfied with what I have
because I’ll never win

Ill keep listen to the radio songs
of heartache and despair
Of waiting for a love that’s lost
and of how much they still care
That they would wait a life time
For that love to return
And how the love in their hearts
would forever burn

Is it wrong? I do not think so
I’ll not give up the fight
To find what I am looking for
to believe my futures bright
It may not be what I expect it to be
but no matter what it is
I’ll keep on dreaming, I’ll keep believing
that my dreams are also his.

19/07/2025

LOVING YOU

You may not like the way you look
You may not like the life you lead
You may not have someone by your side
Or all the things you think you need
We can tell you that you’re beautiful
No matter what you believe
For beauty is on the inside
Not in what you achieve
You may not have all the friends you want
Or everything your heart desires
You may not have many burning dreams
Or things to light those fires
But what you do have can change the world
To something that could blow your mind
It’s just the will and determination
That you know that you must find
It’s not in the things you own
That determines your success
It’s not in the people you have around you
That shows if you are blessed
It’s how you truly feel inside
That shows your hearts fulfilled
It’s knowing you have done your best
In the life only you could build
Don’t compare your life to others
That will never prove a thing
Just look in the mirror and love yourself
And absorb all that love can bring
Enjoy the things you have in life
And have fun in all you do
But remember it starts with just one thing
And that is…….. with loving YOU

17/07/2025

LIFE

You never know where your life will lead
You never know how it may turn out
The twists and turns of every day
Can turn your life about
You first turn this way, then turn that
Which can change your point of view
Leading you down a different path
That you never thought you knew
Every decision you make in life
Forms the outcome that you get
Even when you lead the life you want
Your future cannot be set
It’s the surprises in life that make it exciting
And you’re sometimes on the edge of your seat
But as longs as when you look back on life
You can see you landed on your feet
It’s all these moments culminated
that make up the memories you own
And it’s how you reacted to each one of them
That shows how much you’ve grown
It’s good to make a plan for life,
but be flexible like the reed
Don’t be so rigid that you miss out
On where your life could really lead.

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