You and I May be different colours But we’re human We may worship different gods But we’re human We may believe different things But we’re human We may be different genders But we’re human We love our children We love our parents We love our family And our friends Our pets We love our lovesContinueContinue reading “You and I”
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How Do You Work This Out?
You tell me I’m wrongYet this is not your lifeAnd I am not youHow can you tell meThat my reactions are inappropriateWhen you don’t knowWhat it took to make meMe?My life experienced shaped meYours shaped youWe do not know everythingAbout each otherEvery nuance that createdThe reactionsThat have becomeWho we areIt is foolish to think soBecauseContinueContinue reading “How Do You Work This Out?”
See Me!
This image demonstrates perfectly the difference between seeing another person and listening to your own life experience. You’re using your own eyes Listening to your own voice Hearing your own words That is not me I have my own view of the world My own voice And my own words If you listen to themContinueContinue reading “See Me!”
Busy Doing Nothing
Photo by Andrea Piacquadio on Pexels.com This came to me just now, and encapsulates how I’m feeling at the moment. That moment when you desperately want something to do that you want to do, but there is nothing. Irritation at it’s finest! I’m sitting here Doing nothing Which is exactly What I’m not supposed toContinueContinue reading “Busy Doing Nothing”
All is Not All
All is not allNot all people areNot all think(what you think)All people are notAll women are notAll men are notNo gender is rightNo gender is wrongNo colour is rightNo colour is wrongNo career is rightOr wrongAll rich are notAll poor are notAll politicians are notCats are not better than dogsDogs are not better than catsTheyContinueContinue reading “All is Not All”
You Don’t Feel Me
I know what you’re thinking Ha ha ha But that reflects the point We say or write words And those words are heard or read But they’re not felt As a race we laid down our instincts At the foot of progress And we devalued our emotions To honour intellect We lost so much WeContinueContinue reading “You Don’t Feel Me”
Why?
Why?Why what?Why did you do something?Why are you feeling something?Why aren’t you changing something?Do you know the answers to these questions?If you don’t it matters and doesn’t matterIt doesn’t matter because it’s okay not to knowIt matters because you’re trying to changeWhat you don’t knowWhat that something isSomething you haven’t decided onBecause you’re not inContinueContinue reading “Why?”
Not You Me
You ask me for adviceBut I am not youI cannot be youI can only be meAs such my advice will be basedOn what I would doAnd that’s no use to youWe need to find out what you wantTogetherYou are not alone with thisBut you are the only youOnly you can be right for youAnd youContinueContinue reading “Not You Me”
The End
Close the cover carefully for this well-loved book is read. There are no more tales to tell, no words, for the hero’s cloak is shed. Awake my soul to a lonely place where the plot has moved too fast, with the final stop all lies revealed, and the present becomes the past. I’ll place thisContinueContinue reading “The End”
You Should Have Seen Her
You really should She may have wrinkles now – and stretch marks She may frown more than she laughs She may not see you as a gift from God No longer be moved by your youthful charms She may appear to be yesterday A mere trickle of the fountain of youth A faint memory ofContinueContinue reading “You Should Have Seen Her”
Deb Hawken - Amorah 