I'm really running
Tripping really
Slipping in the rain
Through any puddles
I can find
Keeping clouds above me
Whichever way they go
And wind in my face
Or on my back
As long as I can still feel
I can forget
I'm running out of time.
Jun 3, 2025
Jun 3, 2025 at 6:22 PM UTC
We have had our share
Of refugees fleeing from France
They're great aren't they?
And the Chinese and West Indians
Also great
And more lately - the Africans
And other dialects, so colourful
So intriguing
I want to stop the people
In the street
And ask from whence
Did they originate.
I like to walk around town
And see how long I can go
Before I hear any English.
My friends always encouraged me
To get out more
Experience new cultures
New languages,
But I don't need to now
Abroad came to me.
Mar 17, 2025
Mar 17, 2025 at 12:58 PM UTC
I was in town
When a busker
Gave the blind guy
A go on his keyboard.
He made sure he was seated
The right way round
Then wandered off
To get a coffee.
When he returned
To check on the guy
He saw people staring
But everything was fine.
So he went
For a sandwich
And when he came back
He pushed to the front
Of the crowd.
The music was good
No, it was not good
It was an outpouring
Of love and joy
From some other universe.
I didn't recognize
A single tune or song
Or chord structure
Or riff,
Where did he get
All this stuff from?
And the people looked
At each other
And silently mouthed
The same three words,
Oh my God.
Mar 12, 2025
Mar 12, 2025 at 1:40 PM UTC
Taking a break
From switching on
Watching, listening to
Thinking about,
Talking about
The news.
I only wanted
Some good news
Not poetic justice,
But still the crazy egos
Play mind games
With each other
And the planet.
Not with me though
I feel strangely free
I'm out of the loop
And if a nuclear missile
Came down now
I wouldn't know
A thing about it.
Mar 12, 2025
Mar 12, 2025 at 12:35 PM UTC
She warned me
Not to fall in love
With her,
If she left me
I'd be on my own again.
She said love is
Something in the wind,
It could never
Be a person,
So if I must
Fall in love
I must fall in love
With love.
Feb 23, 2025
Feb 23, 2025 at 7:24 AM UTC
We are prisoners
And these are the end days,
For me, because of my age,
For you, because of a world
That has never broken free
From greed and selfishness.
See you in hell.
Feb 6, 2025
Feb 6, 2025 at 1:37 PM UTC
Give me nightmares any day
Even as I say
We need more love
And I am capable of that
The devils in my mind
Unbeknown to me
Must be dreaming up
Scenarios to jolt me awake.
But worse still
Is when I'm awake at 3 am
For no reason
And I'm left with a pounding heart
And wide-eyed in the darkness
Hoping I can hang on
Until morning.
Jan 20, 2025
Jan 20, 2025 at 1:24 PM UTC
This is my body
But you can't touch it.
We never die
These are my words
But you won't read them.
We never die
These are my thoughts
But you can't feel them.
I am consciousness.
Aug 18, 2024
Aug 18, 2024 at 11:46 AM UTC
When I forget I ever had a body
Will you still make love to me?
When I become a dot in the distance
A speck of dust on your glasses
And I'm flying free
In another dimension
Not knowing who or where I am
And if it's heaven
Not caring
And if it's hell
Still worrying about everything,
Will you find me
Jolt me back to you,
In my drowning
My gasping for breath,
Though there is no water
Or atmosphere,
Will you still make love to me
Anyway you can?
May 21, 2024
May 21, 2024 at 3:28 AM UTC
Look at us now
Your body, my body
I'm glad we met
Got to spend some time
In this world of abundance
With all its moving mountains
And flowing rivers
And hopefully we did take
Something of them back
Into our souls,
And of all things
Bumping into you today
Beneath a glorious sky
For a cup of tea
And a walk
As we had done
A hundred times before
Or was it a thousand,
Look at us now,
My body, your body.
May 20, 2024
May 20, 2024 at 2:43 AM UTC