A voice thousands of miles away

The mistakes we makefor others are so funny,but we feel embarrassed for them.Putting our foot in our mouthat the most inappropriate timethat makes people howl with laughter,and the laughter seems to generateevery time the story is told.Howlers is generated laughterfrom situation we’d like to forget.In time we will look backand chuckle about it ourselves.Howling with…

as if in a warningof a coming storm.Their brooding presenceshould be marked as an alarmas they are the markof some black momentsready to enter our lives.To take no heedcould lend to great sorrowand loss of peace of mind.

Some are obstacles,which we must fight against,while others are opportunitiesin which we must firmly grasp.Some may be small,and some may be large.No matter what the size may be,we have to recognise just what they are,and act appropriately.

and lived in a different country.I used to go into the back gardenand sit on my swing.Rocking back and forwardI used to gaze up in the skyand watch the Daks flyingacross an unmolested skyon a sunny afternoon.2 March 2008Author’s note:Dak is an abbreviation for the Douglass Dakota Aircraft.

Whom do I turn to? To unlock the discord,of the depressive uncertainty that surround me.Millions line the dole queues,as jobs fall daily to accounting cuts.Life becomes a struggle for daily bread;bills grow like mountains,assaulting the conscious brain.Fists hammer on front doors for monies owing,disturbances cause neighboursto look through corners of curtains,gossip is rife on family’s…

We wish upon a crescent moonto find a love forever true.We look for a four-leaf cloverfor good luck to come our way.We chase the end of a rainbowhoping to find the pot of gold there.We wish on almost anythingour superstitious minds tell us tohoping each time what we wish forwill finally blossom and come true.17…