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Why?
Finding the eye of my own tornado; quietly watching how my tempests flow. Watching, feeling the turmoil of my day helps me seek out yet another way. It’s not the tempest but how I reply That answers the question when … Continue reading
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My Tornado
The eye of the tornado, a place where I can stand to observe what’s around me; life’s shifting sand. Life is my tornado and it’s my choice to be swept up in the maelstrom or standing proud and free. To … Continue reading
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Keep my powder dry
Well, I could keep my powder dry expecting the war to start, or I could spend my whole long life learning Sun Tzu’s art. Maybe I should curl up and die; a most ignoble ending or slave away in servitude … Continue reading
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When We Stand Tall
Why are there times when we stand tall and face the world with ease but then there’s those when we run away or buckle at the knees? How can we have those days when we do nought but stand up … Continue reading
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The Law
“But it’s the law” he bellowed “a line we must not cross” and his religious dedication left me at a loss. For many things are legal, but does that make them right? And if there are unjust laws, should we … Continue reading
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Love
I need to learn to love a man, and that man is me ‘cos if I do not love him then how can he be free. I need to learn to walk upright accepting I am me and knowing that … Continue reading
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My Last Request
There’s a lot of ways it could have gone, this life that I have led; I coulda been a movie star, I coulda just been dead. Instead I’ve simply fumbled on, as in the end we do And pinned my … Continue reading
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Breaking Out
Breaking out and moving up; drinking from another cup. Whatever you call, it’s trip with many barriers you must rip. All the while against the flow; walls are built each way you go. And all the time you’ll always be … Continue reading
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Voices
The simple sensation of breathing fills my heart again and the air that ripples over me eases any pain. Standing on a mountain top or on some sandy shore I always know one thing for sure; there will be plenty … Continue reading
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This woman
She always stands – a mountain; this woman of my dreams. Her simple smile and inner wit remind me of moonbeams. Perhaps one day I’ll understand the depth that is her heart and I think that that will be my … Continue reading
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Chickens
This is an ode to the poor headless bird; a fowl often seen that never is heard. It’s as though there is one reason alone that this poor creature has ever grown. It’s here to feed us, this hapless chick; … Continue reading
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Class
They ask “What does it all mean, this life that I now lead?” “What will I be remembered as; what is my life’s great deed?” It’s then I know they’re well of, the upper middle class, ‘cos poor folk don’t … Continue reading
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Paper World
My world is made of paper; in folds and folds I’m wrapped and sometimes deep within its folds my mind feels firmly trapped. Words and words and even more words are writ upon each page, until they do surround me; … Continue reading
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Santa Time
Christmas time is here again; that time when parent’s go insane. A strange man sneaks into our home dressed like a demented garden gnome. We tell our children it’s alright; strange men loitering in the night. Tomorrow night it’s Stranger … Continue reading
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Happy Whatever
Summer Solstice is upon us; is this some Pagan plot? Did they hide their rituals behind this Sana Clause we’ve got? Or did the Christians steal it; as the birth of their God’s son? In the northern hemisphere, it means … Continue reading
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