When colours reinvent themselves Nature squeezing out shoot, bud, leaf Life turns full circle And the dance begins again Warm breeze carries scent of newness Birds and beasts love and live And bring new life To continue the journey Creation’s tapestry Woven by divine hands
Review “The Man in the High Castle” by Phillip K Dick.
I’m normally quite a fan of Phillip K Dick’s work. However I am a little ambivalent about “The Man in the High Castle”. It depicts an alternative version of the sixties in America where Germany and Japan won the Second World War. Various characters are shown going about their lives in this environment. A thread…
Shield of bones
Do you ever notice, as you trudge through your life With aching bones all that hold together a broken, bleeding heart That you’re surrounded On every side are other cold, old skeletons Dripping blood from shattered lives Did you ever realise that it’s really quite smart To recoil in horror from a world gone mad…
That’s what friends do
I’m your friend And I want what’s best for you I wouldn’t be a good friend If I didn’t tell you what You need to hear Those clothes, my dear They must be changed Let’s go shopping Let me tell you what you need Leave it all to me Your hair my dear It’s all…
If only cats could talk …
What would cats say, if they could talk? What would they tell us? This is Rameses. Rameses is nine years old, and has a lot to say, if the constant loud meowing is any indication. What might he be trying to say? I exist in a constant state of semi-starvation, and my human doesn’t…
Salvation is nearer
The world croons and calls Dances and mesmerizes So sweet, so very alluring Do what thou wilt, taste forbidden fruit Be yourself, know yourself, discover yourself Self, self, self … But this is mere delusion And focused within, we find only darkness We need to lift our eyes outwards and upwards And there is…
Review “Upstream Colour”
Made in 2013, This film is directed by Shane Carruth, the director of the time travel story “Primer”. I liked “Primer”, but I’m not so sure about this. Briefly, the story is about a woman who is drugged by a man using some sort of worm. This makes her extremely suggestible, as if hypnotised. He…
The quality of mercy
Mercy is in short supply Shoved aside for cold pragmatism Forgiveness shunned as a fool’s game The mob howl in the Colosseum Lusting for blood If it’s done to them it won’t be done to me Are you sure? Are you safe? Mercy, the sign of civilization The sign of humanity The…
Review “My Neighbour Totoro”
Made by Studio Ghibli in 1988, this gorgeous animated film is directed by the awesome Hayao Miyazaki, co-founder of the studio, and director of its best works. Totoro has become the studio mascot and is one of the most recognized characters of Japanese animation. The plot surrounds two young girls who move to the country…
What do you do?
What do you do? Not your job, not your title, Not the daily grind But what do you do When you see the sunrise Do you stop and marvel At such beauty What do you do When you see someone hurting Do you stop and ask If you can ease their pain Do you taste…
