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The Gap
Don’t shoot!
Stop the violence,
Stop the killing.
Don’t waste your time with gods,
Or clerics on the greasy pole,
Or warped ideology
Which tells you what to think,
Or the cult of the madmen,
The travelling circus,
The usual suspects,
The old men in suits,
The gap –
Between the theory and the practice.
Be yourself;
Lay down your arms,
Reach out your hand...
Tuesday 5th March 2024 8:26 am
For Peace
United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA)
Wednesday 28th February 2024 11:37 am
Mindfulness calling
There's a phone at my work
And you might think me a berk
But it calls me from a mindful zone
A place I like to visit alone
Ear to the top
As sounds fizzle and hop
It is a direct line
To feeling fine
I hear wind, birds, hussle and bustle
A universe unexplored in the rustle
Even in short bursts, it quenches my thirst
Distorting my mind toward what's first
...Tuesday 27th February 2024 5:47 pm
Timeless Chill
Granite grandeur draped in snow,
soft whisper falls, clear water flows.
No hand extends to measure time,
no cares ascend, no worries find.
For purpose fades into the still,
a tranquil peace here in the chill
What part of time and space am I?
So small beneath the endless sky,
a spec of dust, a grain of sand…
yet cradled in the Master’s hand.
Saturday 24th February 2024 7:40 pm
Dove
A viper slides its way beneath the grass;
The animals of prey are on the prowl.
The innocent and helpless stand no chance
Against the savage tastes of hawk and owl.
Upstairs, forbidden lovers take the plunge;
Their beads of sticky sweat adorn the bed.
She’s fast asleep while he boosts up his pack;
Outside waits a procession of the dead.
The hunters beat the heavin...
Monday 1st January 2024 8:59 am
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