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Science
I watch them bury truth alive, in their avalanche of ‘facts’, with truth hid in the wilderness; out in the wilder tracts. Not seen by those with lots of letters or titles so supreme who pontificate with bullshit, of which … Continue reading
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So Many
So many years and so many lifetimes, so many forests now burned to the ground. So much of Gaia now turned into graveyards, so many places where nature did wildly abound. So many people all waving their banners. so many … Continue reading
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Finding futures in the past
The echoes of futures, the shadows they’ve cast; our futures are buried so deep in our past. Unless we can solve the labyrinth’s way it’s stuck in this place that we all will stay. Where are the answers but deep … Continue reading
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In the Ghetto
I live with the walking wounded, where their pain is a thing they share; I walk among our world’s unwanted, where no one know how to care. My life’s amongst the great unwashed; emotions all stripped bare but I walk … Continue reading
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‘Knowing’
One day a man invented ‘knowing’ a wondrous way to be; it was the one thing he knew, could set the whole world free. And so he went on ‘knowing’ teaching it to many more but many would own ‘knowing’ … Continue reading
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By and by
There is a place that I once knew where happiness just grew and grew. Where folk were greeted with a smile and asked to linger for a while. People would laugh and play and sing; a place where all could … Continue reading
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The Place
Body Spirit and in song this is a place where I belong. I open wide my heart and mind; I am here now, what will I find?
Bigotry
When bigotry does rise what part of us then dies? Much Spirit becomes lost; that is the final cost. Our wisdom of the past in ‘progress’ fire we cast for our ‘truth’ so unreal; the coin in which we deal. … Continue reading
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I Stand
I stand because the guilt is mine; I know that I must hold the line. Forefathers failed; they knew the law it was just greed and love of war. Though riches made soon fell away; their karma struck at end … Continue reading
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The Battle
As we battle now with Gaia; our fight against her care. She stands in gentle silence; all offence she will bare. Her heart is always willing; forgiveness is her art. If we but reach out to her she will caress … Continue reading
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Pachamama
The embrace of Pachamama, her gentle sweet caress. A feeling of contentment; couldn’t be more or less. She embraced me with wisdom, gentleness and more and it’s Pachamama always feels the true pain of war.
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The end is nigh
“The end is nigh” I hear them say while our world crumbles day by day and those who profit from the fall, we let them rule; they make the call. The instrument of our own demise; it’s us who listen … Continue reading
When?
When men become more gentle and the forests live in peace; When will it come, when will it start, when will the violence cease. We’re like a tribe that’s lost it land, a species lost it’s place. What will be … Continue reading
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The Art of Play
“Let it be” they said as I walked the line but somewhere along there I missed the sign so I wandered along, a spectre afore; I imagined this mist was some sort of door. But now, as I look with … Continue reading
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