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.

07/08/2026

I AM NOTHING

I am nothing if I am not loved
I am nothing if I am not seen
If I am not acknowledged
How do I know if I’ve ever been
I live and breathe and live a life
Yet this leaves me unfulfilled
I go around and do my tasks
But none of it helps my will
The will to keep in trying
To be what you expect
To work my fingers to the bone
On this I must reflect
For you take me all for granted
And treat me as you do
So I’m not sure I want to be here
Working this hard for you
I’m not a little puppet
To be at your beck and call
I know I’m far from perfect
And know sometimes that I’ll fall
It’s knowing your expectations
And what you expect of me
Yet I make mistakes, I’m human
Then get torn down when one you see
I am nothing when I disappoint you
I am nothing when you feel let down
I’ll admit when I make mistakes
Then in my grief I almost drown
I am my own worst enemy
I’m harder on myself than you’ll ever be
But being brought to tears
Is not what I want for me
It’s getting harder to shake the feeling
That I’m no good at what I do
It makes me want to give up
And admit that it is true
I know that I am nothing
Because nothing is what I do
If there’s nothing on the inside
There’ll be nothing left for you

01/08/2026

I MISS THE DAYS

I miss the days when you needed me
You asked for advise and would often agree
You told me your secrets, you told me your dreams
But things have changed, you don’t need me it seems
You roll your eyes when I give advice
When you speaking to me it’s not always nice
As if, how would you know, you’re not up with the times
You’re just an old lady, who crossed the lines
You think you know more than I ever could
And speak to me like a mother would
But I feel you have drifted far away
When I try to speak and have my say
I try to engage but it’s nothing I hear
The bond we had is lost I fear
I wish we could go back to happier days
When my heart would swell with your gaze
When you looked at me with love and awe
And loving you was not a flaw
I miss the times when you held my hand
You confided in me, and you’d understand
That all that I’d done, I did for you
And every day our loving bond grew
But those days are now all gone
You’ve moved away, you have withdrawn
From any relationship we may have had
This realisation just makes me sad
That being your mother, you no longer need
I truly miss those days indeed
I miss the days when you needed me
I miss when I spoke, your mother you’d see.

02/07/2026

I UNDERSTOOD WHEN

I understood what love was when I looked into your eyes
The first time you looked back at me, that love it never dies
You stole my heart forever, without a single word
The first time that I saw you, it was love that I heard

I understood what pain was when your tears would overflow
You thought your heart was broken, and in your eyes your pain would show
I’d wrap my arms around you and I’d tell you it was fine
But there was another heart breaking and that heart was mine

I understood what joy was each time you’d run to me
You’d wrap your arms around my neck, showing love for all to see
You were my world, my reason why… my heart took every beat
You taught me what true love was each time our eyes would meet

I understood what heartache was when you found a love of your own
I knew I had to let go of you to take these steps alone.
I can’t hold on forever to your heart that was once mine
For your heart belongs to another now and I pray it will be fine

I understood what love was again when you walked down the aisle
The love radiated from your eyes and your beaming smile
I could not have been prouder than I was on that day
I understood that everything I’d done helped you on your way.

30/06/2026

BEING A MUMMA

When I was just a little girl my mumma used to say
Be kind to everyone you meet and help in any way
If you don’t have anything nice to say don’t say anything at all
Lend a hand to those in need and help them if they fall
A kind word will get you further than a harsh one ever could
And be the best person you can be so life for all is good
But I didn’t always listen to what she had to say
Sometimes I just had to, do it my own way
It didn’t always turn out the way I thought it would
So this is where a lesson was learnt to teach me the way I should.
Mumma’s don’t always have the answers to everything you need
They’ll tell you what is best for you but in the end its just the seed
To help you make your own decisions and grow your own mind
To come to the realisation that its always best to be kind
Mumma’s will make mistakes as well, no matter how hard they try
But it’s the love in their hearts that guides them to know the reason why
Being a mother is so rewarding, no matter the number you bare
But with every one you give birth to increases the love you share
My Mumma also told me, that I’d probably just have one
But again I didn’t listen, and it was the best thing I had done.
For I am now a Mumma to three and I couldn’t ask for more
Because having my girls has become my world and I couldn’t be more sure.
So be kind to your Mumma and listen to the words she’ll say
Because maybe one day in the future you’ll be a Mumma too one day.

12/06/2026

THE OTHER SIDE OF YOU

Before there was you, there was just me
Someone who knew what to say, how to be
Who knew where she was going and where she had been
Knew how to love, was heard and was seen
Yes I was shy, didn’t know my self worth
But knew what I wanted on this vast green earth
My life wasn’t perfect but it was my own
Wanting to be loved, and not be alone
I made the mistake of condoning your flaws
Even after you cheated, after the pain you caused
I thought that you loved me, thought you’d change your ways
Although in the end your hand you raised
I stood by your side, an empty shell of me
Not speaking up, not letting them see
I covered the bruises, the hurt and the pain
No longer the same person, never to be again
You never changed, not one little bit
You tore down my worth with each harsh word you’d spit
I allowed you to take away who I had been
No longer heard, no longer seen
Until the day, I could take it no more
And found the courage to walk out that door
You changed me forever, with everything that you did
Unlike you moving on, behind closed doors I hid
My heart I closed down I couldn’t chance it again
Never wanting to be where I was back then
So I rebuilt my life, though different than before
I’m stronger and wiser than when I walked out that door
I may still be alone but I’ve chosen to be
For now I allow all to see
I am my own person once again this is true
A better person now on the other side of you.

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.

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