Category Archives: Life

The Horsemen

Posted on November 7, 2020 by a foolhardy florilegium

We stand so proud in a world gone mad;a pathetic little people who look so sad.We’ve left so little for our children’s share;and then we try to tell them we actually care.We’ve plundered the earth and still want more;we’ve torn … Continue reading →

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Tales of Futures Past

Posted on November 6, 2020 by a foolhardy florilegium

When the wrecking ball hits there’s nowhere to hidefrom the demons who are along for the ride.The thunder and storm that comes in its wakewill come to a world near you to batter and break.We’ve unleashed the demon and their … Continue reading →

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Lies

Posted on October 21, 2020 by a foolhardy florilegium

So quickly we swallow the lines we are fed, hook, line and sinker;so quickly the ‘truths’ they espouse drive will out the thinker.From the words spoke so silken from the silver tongued oneto the softly veiled threats when the whole … Continue reading →

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The War

Posted on October 16, 2020 by a foolhardy florilegium

For many years I fought a warbut never vanquished mefor every attack plan I made,there in defence I’d be.Mayhaps I should surrender;accept victory and defeat.Perhaps we can live in peaceif we let ourselves just meet.I might even start to like … Continue reading →

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The One Tree

Posted on October 8, 2020 by a foolhardy florilegium

The One Tree withers, so soon to die; no longer its boughs to reach the sky. No more the link –  Heaven to Gaia; lost to humanities greed and fire. ‘Tis humans alone caused our demise with our loss of … Continue reading →

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Words

Posted on September 30, 2020 by a foolhardy florilegium

I speak not in words my darling for they tangle in my mind; the words that are within my heart are not what you then find. I write the words that are my truth; they are what you now see. … Continue reading →

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Chant from Yarneeth

Posted on September 29, 2020 by a foolhardy florilegium

I have so much I must learn to reach the place for which I yearn and every Right thing that I spurn is just another bridge I burn

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A Dream?

Posted on September 28, 2020 by a foolhardy florilegium

I fell away down to the top of the stairs to a world with no worries, a world with no cares. So I dusted myself off as I stood at the top and realised this wasn’t where I wanted to … Continue reading →

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Gaia’s revenge

Posted on August 20, 2020 by a foolhardy florilegium

Gaia’s revenge is upon us and now lots of us gonna die; don’t feel too bad about it, there’ll still be stars in the sky. Gaia’ll rebuild the world and the shit we pillaged each day; she”ll sing her sweet … Continue reading →

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Black & White

Posted on August 14, 2020 by a foolhardy florilegium

In a colourless world of black and white where all things are seen as wrong or right where “I’m always right and you are wrong” is the rhythm behind almost every song. Where there is no colour, there is no … Continue reading →

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So Many

Posted on July 26, 2020 by a foolhardy florilegium

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

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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