I started to feel sad about this blog, my views and likes suddenly tanked. It may be because I haven’t been out and about reading other blogs for a while. It’s not lack of interest by any means. My life has been a bit upended and it’s taken me time to assimilate the facts andContinueContinue reading “Voice of the Heart”
Category Archives: Poetry
Eulogy to the Muse
A tidy computer setup on a wooden desk in a dimly lit room at night How can I ever get past missing you?You were me and now part of me is missingHow can I ever recover from your absence?A hole a mile wide has swallowed meErased meLeaving in it’s placeA space where you used toContinueContinue reading “Eulogy to the Muse”
Making
A smiling woman enjoys a walk through a vibrant, blooming garden path. You were the making of meEven though you were breaking meBecause you made me awareOf who I did not want to beI remade meThoughtfullyKindlyI looked at youAnd I chose differentlyI chose to walk a human pathWhere no one around meNeeds my approvalHas toContinueContinue reading “Making”
Not White – Not Dark
Describe your dream chocolate bar. White chocolate isn’t chocolate. Dark chocolate is spawn of the devil. Milk chocolate is perfect because it’s nicely balanced in the middle. I like to be calm and centred. I’m neutral on many subjects because I don’t take a side unless I’m clear as to why, and know that IContinueContinue reading “Not White – Not Dark”
Looking for Something
I’m still walking forwardI may be longer in the toothNo longer a babeBut I still believe that out thereSomewhereIs the LightA gentle lightThat will shine down on meAnd touch me softlyWith its healing raysAnd I will know what living isI will never stop seekingPushing forwardBecause the only other optionIs to stopStop believingStop hopingStop dreamingAnd thatContinueContinue reading “Looking for Something”
Autoconnect
AutocorrectExists to test our patientsIt gets on our servesAnd thinks it can smell better than we canIt thinks it snows what we meanAnd changes our shelling indirectlyTo make us look lucidIt is programmed to stinkThat it knows what we scream Before we’ve even conditioned it to paperThe thing is a ducking new senseSent to tieContinueContinue reading “Autoconnect”
Evolution?
Atomic BombsWe think of a bomb as a physical thingDesigned to destroy by a manBut in truth there were ‘bombs’ way back whenThat had an impact as big as The Bang!The first was the time when two humans appearedAnd they looked at each other and saidEither you’re upside down or you’re wearing a frownAs yourContinueContinue reading “Evolution?”
War Conversation
War ConversationThem: We need a war, where can we find one and who will we choose to hate – and why?Another Them: Does it matter?First Them: Ah…good thinking!A humanitarian: I don’t think we should do war.Them: Why not?Humanitarian: I have children. No child should die in a war.Them: But a war will make things better?Humanitarian:ContinueContinue reading “War Conversation”
The Saddest Thing
The support of war and violenceis the death of humanityfrom withinFirst your humanity diesthen other humans diewhich is okayThen your country is attackedthen your family diesand that is not okayUltimately it wasthe death of your humanitythat killed themBut you won’t see thatbecause war is justified for youyou just resent retaliationPeople should lay down and dieContinueContinue reading “The Saddest Thing”
Because
Who are you?A strangerSomeone I’ve never metAnd never willSo why should I care about you? Because You could be my childI could have given birth to youRaised youHeld youHelped you to take your first stepsChanged your nappyMarvelled at your first giggleNursed you when you couldn’t sleep I could have given you life I gave myContinueContinue reading “Because”
Deb Hawken - Amorah 