I hear you I hear your pain, your despair I hear your fear I hear you You fight for what is right You fight for survival You fight for the poor and the sick You stand up for truth You make a noise And I hear you Pleading for mercy Crying for healing…
Hindsight
Hindsight sees so well Backwards looking crystal clear High definition decisions show full colour mistakes errors reverberate in surround sound loud and deafening hello, look here, look at what you did you should have seen that coming future is murky lights going out connection is oh so slow what to do, how to proceed decisions,…
Shades of red and orange
In the waning of the year the Earth bursts into flame with shades of red and orange Flashes of gold and rich scarlet dance through the air and lay a sumptuous carpet on the cooling earth One last blaze of life flares for a brief moment before the long dark
Epitaph
There's always someone to rain on your parade Nose in the air, gleeful shaking of the head, "That'll never work!" with every setback, crocodile sympathy and a million I-told-you-so's It's a fight to stand up and be counted to do what is right, no matter what and you fight. That's what you do. There are…
Hespere
A sweet good night My hand trails across highs and lows Brightly I farewell the mountains Dab dazzles on the water Tickle playfully across tree tops and grass tips Finger paint the world in flame fading to purple A delicate tease, a lingering touch A last caress before sleep
Behind your eyes
Locked and chained behind your eyes Imprisoned by your own fear What’s there to be scared of, people say Everything Threat every way you turn Beset by those more powerful People love to strike out The best defence is a good offence And on the bottom of the rung There is nowhere to run Except…
The brawl
Soaked air oozes sluggishly The world is heavy and wet Building up and preparing Waiting for a moment, the moment Hard light tiptoes across the sky Reaching to touch the earth with smoking finger Clouds grumble and shout Bang and crash, make a racket Wind races through with a whistle and a wail The…
Hourglass
Between potential and accomplishment Between thought and action Between start and completion therein lies this moment and this is where we live All else is irrelevant History and mystery Now is everything It's the neck of the hourglass the blink between about-to-fall and landed between going-to and all-done Live in the now in the neck…
Create Destroy
Charcoal to parchment the designer creates Stone upon stone the labourers bring Chisel to stone, the sculptor shapes Cathedral rises, to honour the King Atoms and poison, the scientists’ domain Working and slaving until the job’s done To end a war is their laudable aim Mushroom blossoms to blot out the sun Mallets and picks,…
Dryad
Arms of leaf and twig open To embrace the sky Embrace the universe Embrace the One who orders all things Eating and drinking sun and soil, Water and all goodness Imbibing Spirit and returning God’s grace and love to heaven Life in, life out All in balance, together we Whirl through the Earth’s…
Eclectic Assemblage 