Today is our farewell;

Back in the 1800’sin a large city in Englandthere lived a seven year oldand I will call him Tarn.His hair was matted with soot,his face and hands were black.His clothes were old and cast offsand didn’t fit too well.His trousers had holes in the kneesand the elbows of his shirt were gone.His skin was black…

that danced along a deserted shoreto go skinny-dipping in a placewhere no skinny-dipping had been done before.They left their clothes upon the rocks,but forgot about the tide.While they had their swim,the tide came in and washed their clothes away.Now back down the beach they dancewith only hands to hide their bare bits thereand red faces…

I sit and dream my dreamsin words unspoken.I sit and ponder the faces of lifein the nightmares of reality,the programmes that hold us spellboundas they appear on our TV screenswhile all the world screams out with fright.I dream my dreams in privateas their images dance inside my head,the beauty and the wonderupon each life befalls.The…

to ensure we reachthe standard we want to attain,just to see how muchour fresh and blood can stand.We push ourselvesto our upper limitsjust to seek how muchour endurance level is.When pain becomes excruciatingwe still carry onuntil our senses are blinded,our heart rate sores,nerves begin to twitchand our breathing becomes laboured,yet still we carry onfighting all…

my life had more downs than ups.However, when I stopped to look at it,I think the reverse may well apply.There have been more up than downs.I have a wonderful wife,which has to be an up.I have been blessed with three lovely children,which has to be another up.I have friends from every four corners of the…

Knowledge of by-gone dayshidden under dust on the shelf.Faded pages, dogged cornerswhat may their secrets hide?8 October 1980