We were promised change during the election.
We were promised it hundreds of times.
Thinking it would be different to austerity
We had known for the last fourteen years
We voted for it in large numbers.
And the party who promised this change reneged
Immediately after being elected. A black hole
in finances emerged apparently, and this meant
that difficult decisions had to be made, apparently.
And it became apparent who would bear the burden.
The winter fuel allowance given to pensioners
Would have to go, as would personal independent
payments to the disabled who would be deemed
able to work, apparently. And overseas aid would
be cut because the black hole demanded it, apparently.
Apr 5
Apr 5, 2026 at 1:38 PM UTC
We wander in darkness looking for light,
We search for meaning
To follow what's right.
In company we find ourselves alone,
Wishing and yearning to head for home.
We need time to be free
To allow ourselves to breathe.
It's ok, with patience and time
You grow to agree
Your enough as you are
Hold on, you'll see.
Oct 22, 2025
Oct 22, 2025 at 10:20 PM UTC
We are but moments in time,
Atoms smashed together.
Formed into transient alliance,
Only to part then reform
Into an endless cycle of renewal.
We survive
Creating memories as we go.
Briefly touching and connecting
With others.
In cognizance of this
All meetings have meaning.
As we smash our way through life,
It’s imperative we connect
And make some sparks
Before we fade away...
Slide into the dark.
Jan 5, 2022
Jan 5, 2022 at 3:01 PM UTC
She questions
All seeing and feeling
With hope for a future
She fights alone
And weeps in silence
We should listen
Deeply wounded she fights on
As parts of her die
Her vision never leaves the sky
Staring towards the heavens
With a prayer on her breath and resolve slowly weakening
We begin to hear
Small acts become large bolstered by numbers
She finds breaths become easier
Only as we fight for her soul
Can the world become whole
Jan 16, 2021
Jan 16, 2021 at 6:34 AM UTC
In the hilltop forest
They swirl, dance
Lost to the music
Lost to themselves
It resides…
They still to listen…
Feeling as much as hearing
Howls, calls and coos
In a pulse the music returns
And the world goes dark
Twitching violently they hit the floor as one
Speaking in tongues
Harsh messages are heard, absorbed
Then silence followed by subdued light
All that remains is the omen
With kindness only we survive
Jan 16, 2021
Jan 16, 2021 at 6:30 AM UTC
We lay together viewing city lights dance
Against starry skies
Illumination only we see.
Shades of people pass by
As night chill prickles skin.
Interlopers hiding in shadow we cling
Weighted by it's gravity.
Brought back to each other
As light begins to play with shadow
Loving in the dark we feel most free.
Jun 21, 2020
Jun 21, 2020 at 4:07 AM UTC
'Those the Gods love
They must first destroy"
Euripides 5th Century B.C.
Never fear as shadows draw near
Those who sit through the night are first to see the dawn.
let the warmth and light of morning wash over you
As the darkness of night passes
Let the song of the universe soothe your soul
And the memories you created
Be left as a gift
Let the beauty of your life
Be carried into spiritual immortality
And part of the essence of you be retained within me
Peace be yours forever
Mar 6, 2020
Mar 6, 2020 at 8:17 AM UTC
We step into existence from beyond the veil
With our fate stamped upon our souls.
Marking distinctions between science and faith
We find ourselves advancing through the cycle of life.
The Leapster or Leap Year baby
Shares a joke with the cosmos
Flouting our concept of time
To be born within times eternal spring
In life's cycle of ever green
We look to the stars
In order to be seen.
Mar 1, 2020
Mar 1, 2020 at 6:03 AM UTC
He carves words he has spoken
Of promises unbroken
whispering into the dark
Chiselling delicately into her bones
With tobacco juice to bring out the tones
Quietly engraving symbols and psalms
Living for the night
Working through to the light
Communing only through dreams
In daylight she's secure
Inside a white Alder tree
Protected and respected
Her spirit flies free
Jul 16, 2019
Jul 16, 2019 at 3:36 PM UTC
We carry our worlds within our hands
And communicate in time with our heartbeats
We can see the world from above and far away
Or the inside of ourselves in minute detail
Time can be tabled, abstract or meaningless
As we try to find our souls
We adapt to ever change
While love remains the same
Apr 10, 2019
Apr 10, 2019 at 12:54 PM UTC