Joe Cole

Joe Cole Jun 2015

This is for all those young people who read here but perhaps might feel nervous about putting pen to paper*

Imagine what it would be like to launch a very small boat into a very rough sea. You will be nervous, you might well founder and start to sink.

But remember this, what you can't see are all the big safe boats surrounding you, ready to come to your aid and to point out your safest course.

One such boat is Wolf Spirit

Joe Cole Jun 2015

You Should Believe

Do you believe in fayries and the world of make believe
Of dragons who spout gold dust instead of fire when they sneeze
Of little folk wearing soft green hats with long white beards and such
Well you should believe in all those things because by magic you are touched
That tinkling noise in dead of night that has no earthly cause
That is the magic in the air and that magic is all yours
Believe in witches, black cats, cauldrons on fires bright
Believe in knights of ancient times in armour gleaming white
Think about the moon dust making diamonds in the sky
Think about the magic surrounding you and I

This is a re write bug I got to thinking about how sometimes it's good to escape from harsh reality and to lose yourself in the depths of your own imagination

#magic

Joe Cole Jun 2015

ain't life strange

I first saw them yesterday
In the breakfast que
Suitcase clutched in bony hand
Suspicious glances all around
As the numbers round them grew

Now though I found it rather odd
That they would act this way
It might have been simply
That they'd just got off a plane

However later on that day
I saw them sitting by the pool
Suitcase there within hands reach
And wife stuck to him like glue

I had to know the answer
To the suitcase mystery
And so I asked him outright
About what was going on

He said all I hold dear is contained
Inside this case my pyjamas and my washbag
And stuff my wife puts on her face
But surely I said it would be safe inside your room
He glared at me in shocked surprise
I trust no one in a foreign land
And so my case and contents
Will stay close to hand

The write might be amusing but seriously he told me they always pack their suitcase and take it with them and yes even to meals

Joe Cole Jun 2015

A Whale In The Swimming Pool

Can't believe my eyes
But still nature can  surprise
I might be thinking like a fool
But honestly there is a whale in the pool
But how then can this be
We're more  than 30 metres from the sea
And there are no whales round Malta
So this ones compass is out of kilter
But now to my surprise
It's a man who wallows to the side
Stomach saving to his knees
It bounces when he has to sneeze

Honestly,  I really did think it was a whale

Joe Cole Jun 2015

Singing Sands

For Pax

I wander the sandy wastes and the deserts barren plains. They have their own stark beauty washed by infrequent rains

Each grain of sand an art form carved by nature's hand. Only the blind cannot see the beauty of this land.

Close your eyes and listen to the whispering singing sands and appreciate the beauty of the whispering singing sands

Joe Cole Jun 2015

a void in my mind

You know for several weeks, even months
I lost the inspiration to put pen to paper
But since coming  back here my mind is overflowing once more

Life is such  simple thing
But now overburdened  by technical things

Nature is such a simple process
But now overburdened by genetic improvisation

Love, the most simple and natural  process of all
But now overburdened by the  need to outdo the girl next door

Keep it simple for a better life