Don’t know what happened before you came to me Something bad, to make you so afraid I know it didn’t break you, It made you fight. You saw me as a bigger cat Someone you could fight and rule Razor claws have left their mark Many scars mementoes of our fights So I…
In another world we wander Landscapes form and fade all around We shape this place to our unconscious whim Beauty to barrenness, Joy to fear and sorrow Bring it back, dreamers, Fight to restore the beauty in your heart Make your way out of nightmare country To an abundant harvest of hope Recreate your soul’s…
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
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
This is how you do it Step by step, dismantling of a life Marginalisation first Age, disability, race Deny employment While pretending it’s nothing personal Remove services Because who can afford to subsidise the useless Repossess homes, transport And sneer at the human rubbish on the street A job well done
Walking into the fog It’s a real pea souper Can’t see a foot in front of my face Glimpses of possibilities Murky and unclear Can’t see the ground on which I’m walking Might fall off a cliff any moment Feeling my way like one blind Living presently Now is all that matters Leave the future…
