How can I help?When you are there, broken,And I am hereAnd really it is never clear what spoken spellMight make all well. If I really tried, inside my mind,Could I find the golden phrase that stays with youAnd acts like glue to bind againYour fractured brainand heart? Are there words that could start to sowA [...]
Tag: Hope
Phoenix Freedom
I was born, this time, as often beforeat the tail-end of chaosand darknessand war.Shaken by horror, at last, you could seesomething worth saving,protecting,in me. Helpless and fragile,naked and small,I hadn’t much chanceof survivingat all.And yet, once you saw me,your heart recognisedsomething you’d lostthat you wished you had prized. Something so precious,so fragile, so true:a gift [...]
What is it good for?
What is all our learning for if, still, we haven't learnt that war is a game that can't be won? That all is lost when once begun? Is there justice we can findthat doesn't leave the whole world blind? Each cut deeper than the last;Never learning from the past: Innocence lost at innocents' cost. If [...]
A wish for a teacher
If I could I would Bottle summer Make August days a special feature Distill the essence of long lazy lunches Evenings on beaches Give a supply to every teacher To help them through a long dark term A tiny light A seed A germ of hope. One tiny drop each day – or two The [...]
Redundant
Washed upDried upWas a bean Brownthe leaves that once were green No more use to anyonePastmy moment in the sun It seems you're showing me the doorNo more use for me no more Well, Mate, I've got news for youI'm not doneAnd I'm not throughNot too old to shine againLearn new skills, stretch my brain [...]
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