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The Simplest Mind
Oh how pure the simplest mind... No evil seeds or sins intertwined.. Thoughts are so pure, intentions so true... All that it seeks, is your love from you. Some might say its one slice too short.. But when did you ever think of its thoughts?.. One minute that’s lived,...
‘Our’ Bridge (So far)
At night the sight fair takes your breath away Tis ‘Albert’s Bridge’ as titled long ago Tho oft repaired (resulting from survey) Fragility creates its own tableau A tremble was detected ‘twixt four piers When overuse did take its toll (both ends) With redesign...
IN THE NAME OF GOD
Praise be to God I murdered yesterday All those non-believers Who dared get in my way In His glorious name Those people that I kill Really do not matter It is my Master’s will God He is so good He gives me strength to slay To spread His word of love It is the only way...
Be Mused (again) (In memory of friends now passed)
Will we remember life, when passing on? Or does it mark the end of conscious thought I’ve often pondered friends (now sadly gone) Through ‘Prayer and Plea’ (such answers have I sought) Do they perceive existence as lived out? Awareness of our each and every move...
The Whirlitzer, on Remembrance Sunday, 2014.
Round and round, the horses go, dizzily, breathlessly, taking me with them, Sometimes fast, sometimes slow, sometimes high, sometimes low. The barrel-organ music plays a jolly tune, but a discordant sound to my ears. I step down from off the merry-go-round and sit, on...
The Somme
All the peace had turned to madness Christmas day was done and gone There'd be no more football matches On the land they called the Somme Men shared life with rats Made tea both black and strong For It was a long hard cold winter In that place they called the Somme...