When I opened the box
I got such a surprise
This thing, it just hit me
right between the eyes
It was purple and pink
Red with green spots
Blue with yellow stripes
White with black dots
It was laughing and crying
It was sad
just until
it was dancing and singing.
Then, it was still.
We know what it does
How it does it
Where it goes
Why it comes
What it’s going to do next
Yet are still mesmerised
By the waves
Lapping on the shore
And the tides going in and out
And the diamonds on the blue
When the sun is shining
And the fury of a storm
Foaming at the corners of its mouth.
A Safe Haven
In the mind
For some
Is a tiny place
A box room
A seven by twelve foot prison cell
No toilet
No light
Infested with cockroaches
But in others
A Safe Haven
Is a beautifully decorated mansion
With fragrant gardens
A peaceful place
A beautiful sunset
A sprawling landscape
Rolling hills
A county
A country
A continent
For some, sanctuary is small
With no room to breathe
Or to turn around
What does it take?
To extent or expand one’s safe haven?
A serene cove
In a quiet harbour
Or a desert
A tundra
How abundant or sparse
Are our safe havens?
If you’re never had a safe haven before
There’s always hope for one
To be written into your world
Painted into your soul
It doesn’t have to be
Just for the few
Self destructive
Self sabotaging minds
Will see their safe havens
Boarded up
And a sign that says
‘Dangerous, derelict building.’
‘Keep Out!’
Sometimes you have to
Open it back up
And renovate
Life is hard enough
Without a safe haven
To call your own
And it costs nothing
In running fees
It’s yours
And yours only
And no-one else’s
A priceless place
A private place
Of time and space
Your sweet, secure
Safe Haven
Penalties are…
Humiliation
For everyone involved
Penalties are…
The homocides
That never get solved
Penalties are…
The liars
That hide their stash
When everyone else
Is putting in the cash
Penalties are…
The shirker
Who gets in late
Penalties get lucky
And cannot wait
Penalties are…
Random
On a game board rolled
Penalties are easy way
Yet come up
Fools gold
Penalties are…
Unrequited Love
Dreams Unrealized
Hard Work and Skill
Count for nothing
When there are penalties.
She used to shine brighter
But he drained her
Decided to take her soul down
And turn it into a lamp
To read by.
Because it still shines brighter
Than all the other souls on the shelf.
Be watchful of wolf
In sheep garments
And wary of sheep
In wolf attire
Discern motivation
What do people want from you?
Because they will want something.
Money?
Sex?
Power?
Other?
You’re not so much liked
As ‘loved’
Or ‘desired’
Or ‘wanted’
For their pleasure
For their id
For their ‘Dupers Delight’
What can you do for them?
What are they lacking?
What gap can you fill?
Or are you maybe
Simply stalked
And hunted for your fur
Governments
And People
Sow Seeds Of Discontent
The opposite of Discontent
Is Gratefulness
Oh yes, let’s start becoming ungrateful and want something else….
A completely new and different life…
That was never had before
And not within our grasp
It promises
A present and a future
That was better than
What we had before
We Buy into the Discontent
It makes a person
Or a Nation
Or a Country
Want to start wars
Or destroy marriages
Or themselves
Countries that were once happy
Now unhappy
Marriages that were happy
Now unhappy
Nations that were happy
Now unhappy
And so on,
Nation Will Rise against Nation
And Kingdom Against Kingdom
If you Sow Seeds of Discontent
War Begins.
Treat others with respect
And kindness
But you can also be a little wild and crazy
Don’t lose that zest
That made you who you are
You can use that bold energy
To help yourself
And others
Mechanical bits and bobs turning
But the machine is slowly winding down
Until it stops
And then it will just
Sit in the warehouse
(Like the Ark Of The Covenant
In Indiana Jones)
Just sitting there
Gathering dust
Cobwebs will form
Spiders will make homes
In the little alcoves
Between the smallest cogs
The machine is full of nests
Of other lives
But not its own
A machine doesn’t think
Or have a mind
It becomes a host
To little beating hearts
And things that want to live
When The World Goes Mad
We’ll Still Be Sane
And Still Be The Same
Holding Onto What We Knew
In The Old Days
When Life Was Simple
And Plans Were Few
And Pleasures…Were You.
When The World Goes Mad
It’ll Just Be Me And You
Friend
Lover
Other
Husband
Wife
Pet
It’ll Just Be Me And You
Against The World
We’ll See It Through
When The World Goes Mad
We’ll See It Through
In the Armegeddon
Of Our Emotions
And In The Wilderness
Of Our Wildest Dreams
There Is An Oasis
We Open Our Eyes
And Think…
Oh No, Not Another Dawn!
When We Awake
We Get
The Shock Of Our Life
There’s More To This
There Always Is
It’s About Motivation
And Drive
And Love
Always
Always About Love
That Elusive
And Powerful Force.
We’ll See It Through
Aim to Forgive
(Very Difficult, but worth it)
Hate Less
(Difficult)
Love More
(Hard Work, it has to be said)
But nothing worth having comes easy.
Things In My Head 