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Desire Path
In the lush green lies an opportunity
The chance to explore just for me
But is it new or old?
Main thing is, this grass cannot be sold
There's uncertainty in its belonging
A nervousness in its colouring
How long will this chance last?
Will it lead forward or into the past
To Travel it does not require desire
But courage and bravery are not for hire
It is hop...
Thursday 22nd February 2024 3:08 pm
The War
Momentary peace is a thing,
Lifetime of peace who has ever gotten?
And there exist people who haven't witnessed a single spring,
The fruits they've reaped off life are all rotten.
Time lingers on, it takes small sluggish steps,
While the war seems to last for an eternity.
And though the mind's tired and body's started to sweat,
There seems no concrete vision, no certainty.
Innumerable ...
Tuesday 7th December 2021 6:04 pm
Too much of life
Ever felt loved and betrayed?
Kinda feels evil.
Dark and handsome,
Till it hurts you.
Look at the world,,
And paint it with one color.
Its not so black and white,
But what you choose may be Grey.
You are a prey of choices,
Choose what suits you,
But what makes you think you are correct?
This world is complex,
A rubrics within a rubrics.
Try all the rubies,
...Saturday 2nd October 2021 7:01 pm
The 7 Valley
the 7 valley of life the first is the flower of lily it beauty that surrounds it
the lily of the meadow is the grace and beauty through the decade shown in the hill of turmoil and despair
the lily of Meadow has many beautiful things some carved by memory other by earth but flawless in their making and no ruin to be found
the 7 valley of life the second is a forest of dreams made the drea...
Thursday 5th August 2021 11:32 pm
The rythm of life
The heart purity is a mind of understanding an wisdom nit in anger but in love an truth
The life of men are sometimes jugde for emotional weakness but the strength us in the emotion we feel
The body of the soul is like water that asorb the memory of the life we live
The fear of it an not knowing are the understandable of other is the greatest fear of men
The fear of many is the ab...
Friday 23rd July 2021 12:47 am
Block of truth
Word can sharp an quiet like a breeze.
Wird ore harsh an rough like the sand we walk in
Word are a breath of trust an lie.
Word can often Hurt but they speak sudol Truth to heart.
The word we speak can last a generation or millunium through are word an test that spread from them.
For sometime the hardest truth is from the word of the heart.
There sudal an deep.
...Thursday 15th July 2021 9:01 pm
Rainbow
Sometimes it feels like the world is falling apart
Sometimes it feels like no matter how hard you try, you just keep getting brought down
You tell yourself that everything is going to be alright
You tell yourself that you will survive
You look for a sign, anything to tell you that you are going down the right path
You pray to God that he gives you the strength to carry on
And jus...
Wednesday 16th June 2021 5:17 pm
Dawn Fear
Staring at my ever retreating horizons.
Watching, as the colours fade back into grey.
Can I pack my bag any better,
Now that I know where I'm going?
Am I any more likely to succeed,
For being older, and more tired.
Another day fades into dusk's waiting shades.
Should I mourn the death of another dream?
Another weary child finds sleep has no answer,
To the merciless sneaking and creeping...
Wednesday 16th June 2021 3:11 am
The Modern Myth
No-one's happy with their life.
Someone, somewhere, was telling you stories.
No-one's happy.
If you are lucky, you'll do alright.
If you are lucky.
There's a way to be.
There's a way to cope.
Where's the God that's supposed to help us?
Where's the love that's meant to guide us?
Where's the hope?
No-one's meant to have it easy.
Someone, somewhere, must have been crazy!
Nothing's eas...
Friday 21st May 2021 2:52 am
Aftermath
And all the world is wondering what started it.
In the playground, they want to know whose fault it was.
Life goes on, and life goes on,
And don't you know it's fated?
And all the world wants to know who ended it.
In the theatre, they wonder what it 'felt' like.
Time goes on, and time goes on,
Don't you know that it's decided?
Life is hoping that you make it.
The time you spend, teari...
Thursday 20th May 2021 12:40 am
Merry-Go-Round
Everything goes round the same, my friend;
Turn any which way, but when you think you have passed it,
It's on the horizon again.
I can't tell you what you want to hear.
Or shall I pretend that it's all
As you'd like it to be.
You take a deep breath, thinking everything's clear,
But it only take...
Wednesday 19th May 2021 8:54 am
The Grind
Life is wearing me down, yeah
But you know that.
Life is fooling me around.
But what of that, yeah, what of that?
Didn't anyone say I was special.
No-one said life was gonna be fun.
Guess sometimes you just make assumptions.
Guess sometimes you just get it wrong.
Life is passing me by, now
But you know that.
Life is wondering why.
But what of that, now,...
Friday 14th May 2021 3:47 am
Yin yang
Like all the happy and sad,
Dark and light,
Yin and yang,
My darkness come to me,
Same as my sunny side.
I have Loved the sunny more,
Then I have liked my dark,
But both are part of me,
I can not hide.
Like a shadow both are drilled into me.
Where ever I go,
They will be part of me.
Yet I have been too caught up in my dark,
And can't seem to let it go,
But for all the happ...
Thursday 25th March 2021 9:24 am
Alphabet Soup
Alphabet soup was too expensive
Instead, I have spent my life
Making poetry
Out of ordinary spaghetti
Sunday 7th March 2021 1:06 am
Seasonal
I once was as the limber branch
but now become the torpid trunk.
I sparkled under summer suns,
but now in dusky shadows hide.
Spring leaf has turned an autumn hue
The autumn scene borne frosted ice.
As winter grips in burning cold,
Comes next the springtime of the soul.
Saturday 6th March 2021 8:30 am
Invest In Posterity
We invest ourselves
in our actions
for a dividend
of posterity.
Whomever we affect
carries us on
so that we do not die.
We cannot be entirely
any one
when we owe so much
to so many
who themselves the same,
and we
in turn
more than ourselves
will be whomever we've supported
So hoarding all
is the only way
to end up with nothing.
Thursday 4th March 2021 7:50 am
I'm A Believer
Death is the end of all things
Death is the end of pain and blame and shame,
of sun, of rain, of work, of play
Death is the end of night and day
It brings each one of us, the same,
to the end of everything.
I say Death is the end of all things
So we need to know that's where we go
Whether we want to, yea or no,
It is what existence always shows
No matter what else life may bring,
Deat...
Monday 1st March 2021 1:54 am
Path Finding
Imagine all the paths that we
Might take from where we are.
Those that keep us local.
Those that take us far.
Imagine going round in circles
Or off tangentially.
Think of trekking to a mountain
Or travelling overseas.
Imagine all the sights and sounds,
The people we might find.
The things we haven't done yet.
The places left behind.
Imagine now the path of air
From breathing in ...
Wednesday 24th February 2021 5:37 am
Slow Down
The roads where we walk, the houses and cars
Are hiding this planet
We forget who we are.
The shops and possessions, our jobs and our greed
Are hiding our purpose
We forget what we need
It all happens so quickly, there’s no time to think
But where are we rushing
At such a great speed?
Thursday 18th February 2021 1:07 am
Square One
How come it can be this hard
To climb these mountains in my path
And just a small mistake
Is all it takes to slide back down?
How come it can be this tough
To climb the steps in this building?
And just a little fail
Brings me straight back down.
How come it's never quite enough
And the journey's never easy?
Could it be because
Joy keeps falling out of reach?
How come although I ...
Wednesday 17th February 2021 1:13 am
Still Practicing
Still practicing life
Determined. Will get it right
Given enough time.
Tuesday 16th February 2021 3:47 am
Passing Through
They some expecting happy times.
They some only hoping.
They some o' them writing rhymes.
They some barely coping.
They some doing very well.
They some not too badly.
They some wonderin' how to tell.
They some struggling sadly.
They some joyful where they are.
They some not delighted.
They some long to travel far.
They some trapped and frightened.
They some goin' to change the ...
Monday 15th February 2021 12:38 am
Hourglass
The winds of chance blow harsh
The sands of time run fast
Caress it whilst you can
While life is in your grasp.
Thursday 11th February 2021 1:06 am
The Middle Of Being
I am
so much
in the middle
of being
on the edge
of things.
I am
I am so much
so much
so much in the middle
the middle of being
of being on the edge
the edge of things.
And I think
These are the worst
places to be
The middle and the edge
Or is it?
Or is it
knowing where we are
is the wrong kind of knowing?
I am
so much
in the middle
of being alive
on the edge
...
Wednesday 10th February 2021 1:57 am
Down But Not Out
I have rebuilt myself before
Because life often pulls me down.
I get gradually unhinged
I end up scattered on the ground.
I have rebuilt myself before
Well enough to carry on
Only to find
Never firm against everything.
Never resilient as I'd need,
But life has taught me many things,
So rather than be afraid
That this world might leave me battered,
Or this world might leave me...
Monday 8th February 2021 1:27 am
Just A Feeling
There is no winning or losing possible
Only what we let go of and what we keep,
Because we don't know the final outcome
Or the purpose of anything.
And positivity and negativity are as good as each other
When nothing much matters,
So it all comes down to not what we want to be or have
But what we want to feel.
Sunday 31st January 2021 1:30 am
To My Daughters About Dreams
I may not have so many dreams as I once had,
Some have been taken
Some have collapsed.
Some blew away
Some would not stay
Some started well, then turned bad.
But
There's a precious few that I can never lose, they go too deep,
I'd still have them till my very end, even if I forget how to sleep.
I dream that I would never cause another harm
I dream that I will always try my best
I d...
Monday 25th January 2021 2:41 am
The Gift Of Life
When I had children
My life became theirs
Creating their joys
Removing their cares
Being the ground
On which they can stand
Sharing their path
Holding their hand.
And I set out with dreams
That our lives would be good
When it broke at the seams
I did all that I could
And as I faced down our demons
And I set them to flee
I thought of protecting them
Not of damaging me.
Once you...
Friday 22nd January 2021 2:10 am
Resolution
Don't want to be waiting to live,
Don't want to be waiting for death.
Though the tide repeats outward and back,
Take a stand on the sand as it shifts.
Look around and be thankful
For this
May be all that there is.
Then the sun is the jewel that I own,
And it's greater than all that I don't,
And the moon is the pearl that surpasses
All others wherever they be,
And the water that sust...
Wednesday 20th January 2021 2:37 am
We Are All Of Us
We are all of us children
grown up and making our own
way in the world
still children
for all of that.
We are all of us dreamers
woken up to our own
reality
still dreaming
for all of that.
We are all of us lovers
in love with making our own
love love
still loving
for all of that.
We are all of us seekers
stretching up to find our own
place in this world
still seeking
for a...
Saturday 9th January 2021 8:31 am
What I Am Today
It took me so many years to find myself, and I got lost along the way,
And now I don't know where I am or where I'm going,
But at least I know it doesn't matter.
So yes I'm wandering round this pointless universe,
But I'll just be myself,
Wherever, Whatever.
And if I'm changing every moment into something else
Who even cares what I am today?
It took me all these years to find my...
Friday 8th January 2021 1:15 am
Music To Live By
In films
they always have music
for all their moments.
I've wished I could.
If I had
my own song playing,
my own vibrant tune
to live by,
I could dance
through life.
In films
you always know
the dramatic moments;
programs us to think
our own lives are empty,
or that we cannot dance
without a tune.
When the truth is
that we are full
with the power to create;
our own rhyth...
Tuesday 5th January 2021 7:16 am
I Am From Experience Into Expertise
I am from prose into poetry
I am from madness into sanity
I am from doubt into belief
I am from anguish into ecstasy
I am from isolation into company
I am from hatred into peace
I am from discord into harmony
I am from solo into symphony
I am from restraint into release
Saturday 2nd January 2021 3:51 am
On Being A Phoenix
We die a million deaths each day.
The death of all those other ways
we could have taken.
The death of dreams each moment we
discard the possibility
we could have made them.
If we stopped breathing every time
another aspect of us died,
there'd be no breathing.
All we can do to justify
this situation, make it right,
is be a phoenix.
Friday 1st January 2021 1:46 am
Finders Keepers
There’s always an if
There’s always a there
There’s always a when
There’s always a where.
There’s always an up
There’s always a down
There’s always a side
There’s always around.
There’s always the sky
There’s always the ground
There’s always a poem
To be found.
Monday 28th December 2020 11:07 am
30,000 Times
Thirty thousand times around the world
I'll go thirty thousand times around the world,
Give or take a few,
But what will I do,
While I go thirty thousand times around the world?
I've gone around the world before,
At least ten thousand times or more,
All because the Earth is in a spin.
But between me and you, what will I do,
While I go thirty thousand times around the world?
Oh!... ...
Sunday 27th December 2020 1:17 pm
Time Could Last Forever
We live our lives together
Breathing the same air
Yet never help each other
It makes life hard to bear.
So much could be made better
In just a little time
And time could last forever
If we just use it right.
Saturday 26th December 2020 10:40 am
Whatever We Imagine
There is greater evil in this world,
And greater good, than we ever perceive.
There is far more wrong, and far more right,
Than we ever believe.
There is only ourselves out there,
And whatever we imagine.
There is just our self to turn to,
To retain our balance.
It isn't what we meet in life
But how we choose to meet it.
It isn't what turns out in life
But what we do about it.
Th...
Monday 21st December 2020 6:44 am
To There
To there,
And from there to there,
And there,
And finally to there.
Sunday 20th December 2020 1:07 am
Nothing Greater Than Life
There is no greater possession than life.
No greater prize than life.
What greater gift have we received than life?
Life in the moment, and in all its moments.
More than money
let me be certain that I spend this life well and wisely.
Whatever bargains I may make
let me not under-rate the coin with which I barter, precious seconds.
But give me wisdom to know the folly
of treating l...
Saturday 19th December 2020 8:45 am
Tossed Salad
Shredded Dignity, Diced Words.
Chopped Emotions, Grated Nerves.
These are our salad days.
By: Aviva Rifka Bhandari
Friday 18th December 2020 5:24 am
Lost (Where is Home?)
The past, the present and the future are always changing,
There’s nothing in this world that stays unchanged.
What we remember, where we are and what we might become
Are like shifting clouds no people see the same.
So do not ask me where I think I am going,
And do not ask me where I think I have been.
Don’t enquire how I think I might be feeling,
I don’t and can’t know even who I am.
Saturday 28th November 2020 5:36 pm
I Thank My Fortune
I thank earth.
I thank my fortune in being born where and when,
And to whom and with whom I was born.
I thank water.
I thank my fortune in having health and sense,
And sense of health, and sense of sense.
I thank wind.
I thank my fortune in my paths and choices,
For they have led me to this path and choice.
I thank fire.
I thank my fortune in my abilities and disabilities
As t...
Thursday 26th November 2020 2:58 pm
Hunt of the Men to rule cycle
Into the vortex of timeless end
Where no other creature has yet begun
Turning from a rhythmic flute
The rabbit jumps into chutes
Darkness appears from the back of earth
No light shines longer yonder the pearl
Smoke derives from umbilical butterfly
Trapped beneath the Cheshire cat sign
Gulping milk to fasten bloom
Cookie crumbs, sugar rush delusion
To enter, only inception of living
Soul...
Wednesday 22nd July 2015 4:39 pm
HEIGHT (wrote at Hay Festival, Wales 10/06/2012)
HEIGHT (wrote at Hay Festival, Wales 10/06/2012)
I ask why do I love you Ruth?
We've never met nor made love while gazing into each other's eyes.
Mirror to your soul.
What would it feel like to hold you close and have your hair obscure my vision,
as I breath in the scent of you?
Triggering something so deep inside me that I forgot it ever existed.
I...
Sunday 17th June 2012 9:40 pm
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