Category Archives: Life

Finding futures in the past

Posted on July 16, 2020 by a foolhardy florilegium

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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By and by

Posted on June 21, 2020 by a foolhardy florilegium

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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I Stand

Posted on June 8, 2020 by a foolhardy florilegium

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 end is nigh

Posted on June 1, 2020 by a foolhardy florilegium

“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 →

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The Key

Posted on May 29, 2020 by a foolhardy florilegium

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When?

Posted on May 24, 2020 by a foolhardy florilegium

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

Posted on May 10, 2020 by a foolhardy florilegium

“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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Time

Posted on May 8, 2020 by a foolhardy florilegium

When freedom is hid by a litany of lies, that is the time to trust your own eyes. When leaders don’t lead, but drag you behind, that is the time a new path to find. When the safety of all … Continue reading →

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Normality

Posted on May 5, 2020 by a foolhardy florilegium

‘Normality’ they tell me, is where we all should be; ‘Normality’ is that place where sanity’s set free. But then it simply flies away to hide up in the hills and what’s then called ‘Normality’ simply gives me chills. A … Continue reading →

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The Shadow

Posted on April 19, 2020 by a foolhardy florilegium

There’s a shadow that I know so well it follows me, it comes from Hell. It is my sins from days gone by but I can lose it if I try. It fills my mind when I feel low; that … Continue reading →

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The Seeking

Posted on February 28, 2020 by a foolhardy florilegium

We searched so long for futures buried deep within our past; we knew that there were answers to the end now coming fast. We wandered worlds both far and wide with vistas long unseen; we walked upon those places where … Continue reading →

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Fear

Posted on February 15, 2020 by a foolhardy florilegium

the thing that I fear is alway quite near but always unclear abhorred but held dear the vaguest of haunting perpetually daunting there’s shadows unseen of something unclean a thing violent and mean hid ‘mongst the green I know that … Continue reading →

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Fate

Posted on February 14, 2020 by a foolhardy florilegium

If there is hope it hides itself well appearing instead as a future of Hell. Humanity walks on a road unknown and soon it will reap all that it has sown. So stand you though may for capitalist right; that … Continue reading →

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The Flow

Posted on February 3, 2020 by a foolhardy florilegium

I stand by the water watching it swiftly flow as I quietly wonder “Where does my life’s stream go?” When I find the answer to questions I may see I watch its direction changing; another way to be. Then again … Continue reading →

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Our Bequest

Posted on February 3, 2020 by a foolhardy florilegium

To our children this is our bequest; this land from which we’ve torn the best. Be grateful for what you now receive; do not look at this mess and grieve For we don’t know the meaning of care and so … Continue reading →

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