When you are feeling down,

late to work, everything went wrong.Thought the day would never end.Got home in the eveningfeeling half dead no fun,burnt my tea,groaned what a day.Turned on the TVthat brought a smile to my face.Checked my lottery numbers,lo and behold I won.So have a drink on meI’m on a spending spreewith the big tennerthat I have won.4…

along a wastelandof invisible dotted linesfilled with haunted pitswhere no one should ever enter.From a future full of promiseto a past full of uncertaintywhere the weeping willow swaysunder a mournful windas the melancholy songdrags the past to the futureso misery can rein again.11 February 2011

See the faces of anguish in the tide of warSee the smoke, smell the corditeThat covers the dying, ten thousand and moreInnocence dies a lonely death on any battlefieldBoys turn to men and are slaughtered by the scoreHow can we stop all these wicked warsMothers and widows weep the bitter tears of griefThere is no…

Come forth, come forth to within my wombAnd share what beauties here within loomBut I turn back as darkness fallsBack to the light that guides and callsBack to what the torment of lifeWith it scruples and ever growing strifeBack to the living not yet deadTo take thorns to make my bedBack to the hate, hell…

of a breaking heart.It takes strong shouldersto comfort someonewith a grieving soul.It takes a caring personto be that strong support.We walk tall throughout the world,but even a mighty branch can break.This is when we seek out a caring person,who can be our supporting frame.Someone who will stand by uswhen all the others have gone,our support…

with a cosy glow.Moonlight is for loverslighting their waydown leafy lover’s lanes.Sunlight is for everyonewarming every soulwith a smile of contentment.Moonlight is drawn by poetsto fill our hearts with romancewhen there is a chill in the air.Sunlight takes our gloom awayspinning a web of warmthmaking us smile again.Moonlight and sunlightenchant us with their beautyas each…