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Christmas Will Pass Them By
Christmas Will Pass Them By.
We all gather around full of Christmas joy and cheer.
Preparing to celebrate the most selfish time of the year.
Obsessed by our own desires, wishes, greed’s and needs.
Sense of fulfilment and achievement we need to feed.
Cocooned within in our social and family bubbles.
Not giving a second thought to anyone else's troubles.
Table bulging ...
Sunday 1st December 2024 2:22 am
Quiet Example
Tis an interesting thing to consider yet
the value of a quiet example set.
Like the crystal streams, or the mountain air –
consistent, constant, always there.
Blessing every soul who happens by.
Never asking who, never asking why.
Giving joy just by being who they simply are.
Giving light through the night like a brilliant star.
Giving hope to the cr...
Saturday 30th March 2024 8:48 pm
The Gatherer
The Gatherer and the Giver sat atop a hill to gaze again
down at the village where they lived, and talk about the ones in need.
At end of day as sun went down, they sat there talking in the dim
as soul by soul they contemplated what was the best way to feed.
They did this often for they knew, despite the many years gone by,
the need to gather and to give would always be in high demand.
But...
Friday 15th March 2024 9:24 pm
Not A Single Thing
At the end of the day if the truth be told,
we don't own a single thing we hold.
Not the spoils we gain, nor the gold in hand.
Not the things we reap. Not the tracks of land
that we build upon, where we stake our claim.
Not the talents held, nor the claims to fame.
Not the words we write. Not the songs we sing.
No, we don’t own a single thing.
But the will we hold deep inside our heart.
Y...
Sunday 10th March 2024 4:01 pm
Strangers Unaware
How odd this ragged stranger seems
who jarred me from my frozen stare,
at dust and dreams and other things
for which I spend my time and care.
No other man hath paid him mind,
no nod, nor smile, nor kindness shown.
No, none at all hath lent him time.
No good man opened up his home.
So what is lost if I like they
wave off a hand and turn back in,
and quickly ...
Thursday 22nd February 2024 4:00 am
Leverage
I’ve peeled off my skin for you
I’ve let you crunch my bones,
Consume beyond my flesh
Beyond my visceral tissues
Beyond my beating heart
Beyond the fibres of my being
Down to my soul
I’ve let you gobble up my spirit
I’ve let you slurp up my mind
Lick the lasting crumbs
of my emotions
Everything in me
Everything making me, me
All that constructs me
All...
Monday 27th February 2023 6:22 pm
Church Nursery
You were in that church nursery,
where they forced you to play.
They made you share your toy,
with that boy, who kept stealing it.
They got mad, when you beat him,
with that red fire truck.
They said you were bad, and needed
a long time out.
Everyone made a big deal,
and you learned a lot that day.
That day, your mom never went back.
But you went back on that...
Monday 15th November 2021 3:22 pm
Jock-Strapped
Nobody seems happy today
Striving struggles to hack it
Your rivals always have more
They revel in a higher bracket
My neighbour has a bigger car
My life's not worth a mention
My wife isn't pretty enough
My dick needs an extension
Do such woes have answers?
How to make the most of living?
Why not abstain from greed
And for a change try giving?
My n...
Sunday 2nd August 2020 11:20 am
Go for the Glow
Go for the glow
of good health.
Go for the glow
of a clear conscious.
Go for the glow
of forgiveness.
Go for the glow
of dreaming fearlessly.
Go for the glow
of giving generously.
Go for the glow
of loving unconditionally.
Go for the glow
of a life well lived.
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Friday 16th August 2019 4:41 pm
What I Have
I am a Have and a lot I've got,
Not as much as many but
More than those who have not.
Riches may come, they will go.
Does the weight of my estate trouble,
Bow me low?
If I gave it all away
Then to The Father began to pray
Would he find my prayers more sweet
Because I begged upon the street?
What I have is mine until its gone.
Given, taken, found, lost,
...Friday 5th July 2019 9:00 pm
The power of giving
what is life without a fight
without rights
do we live to fight for our rights
when is it right to fight
to write about fighting for rights in this life
this short life
before you know it it's over
it's done
your day has gone
the only rights you got now are your last
last rights
memories
they're flashing before you
visions of all that you seen and who saw you
your brothers your siste...
Wednesday 19th June 2019 12:49 pm
The Giving
The thought of you brings tears to my eyes
It fills me with anger the type of anger where
the hair on my arms stand at attention.
My mind recalling all the times you put me in my place.
Reminding me I was nothing more than an ego boost for you.
If I gave you my blood, sweat, heart, and my tears
would that be enough for you to love me the way I deserve to be loved?
Then again...
Sunday 17th February 2019 4:54 am
When the World is Not Enough
You pick up the trees and you wave them like fans
But her face continues to sweat.
You unravel the ground and you drain it of soil
But her stomach never rounds,
Her mouth remains open.
You bottle up the ocean till all water is extinct
Yet she continues to faint of thirst.
You take life from the earth,
You remove breath from the world
And she continues to perform still bi...
Saturday 21st May 2016 4:59 pm
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