You Don’t Have The Right

You don’t have the rightTo poison my lifeWith your cruel wordsYour violent badass waysOr your cherished beliefsYou think you’re strongBecause you can kill or maimAnything or anyone weaker than youBecause you’re ‘clever’ with wordsAnd can destroy someoneOne piece at a timeWithout raising a handYou think you’re better than othersBecause your fists are fasterAnd you knowContinueContinue reading “You Don’t Have The Right”

No Daily Prompt

Apparently I’ve answered all the available daily prompts? How on earth will I ever be able to write? So I’ll meander over what appears in my mind. I’m currently coming to terms with the idea that I live in a country less popular than Israel, at least musically speaking. Although Olly Alexander was cringe making.ContinueContinue reading “No Daily Prompt”

No Opinion

The most important words after I love We know way too much in this world. Opinion masquerades as truth far too often, and now the know-all-Nazis have bloomed on social media, sensible and even knowledgeable people dare not have an opinion. Many have left. If social media hasn’t taught us that the worst problem inContinueContinue reading “No Opinion”

The Common Good

One race What is the common good?We are all uniqueDifferent backgroundsDifferent ideasDifferent worldsWe don’t speak the same languageWorship the same GodLive the same liveswith the same trappingsBelieve the same thingsOur homes are differentWe are nomads at home where we areLive ‘civilised’ livesIn crammed stacksMaybe in the skyWhere the building sways in the windWe live inContinueContinue reading “The Common Good”

The Rules

There are rules you know!Depending on where we’re fromWe have to hate each otherNothing else is possibleOr sensibleDepending on our skin colourThere are rules that we must followJudgements to be madeAn entire shade placed in one categoryOf right or wrongDepending on our body structureWe must be one thing or the otherNothing else is rightNo authenticContinueContinue reading “The Rules”

World Patriot

This world seems so big to us, but in galactic terms it’s tiny. When you see images of it floating in space you realise how at one we are. One tiny planet that is minuscule even in terms of our own universe, a pinprick in space. Invisible from a few short light years away. WeContinueContinue reading “World Patriot”

You Are Me

I understand the innocence of childhood Because long ago I was you An innocent with my whole life in front of me Safe in my cocoon with my family Playing happily in streets Splashing in the rain Paddling in the sea And shrieking as the waves washed over me As you used to But youContinueContinue reading “You Are Me”

Eventide

When evening sweeps down from the skyAnd the world goes silentI can hear the souls of the children screamingBegging for a life of peaceAn end to warEnough food and waterTheir parents and siblings beside themIf we cannot hear the souls of the childrenWe cannot hear the voices of the innocentWe can shut our minds toContinueContinue reading “Eventide”

10 things I Dislike

This!!!! This isn’t a negative post because I’m positive that I dislike these things and feel positively right. Killing innocents, particularly children. War. It’s the province of the pathetic and wrecks the future. How long will it take us to learn? Violence. We’re disgusted by war yet will run around it streets with knives, machetes,ContinueContinue reading “10 things I Dislike”

Shot of Truth?

Michael Neill’s inspiring work emphasizes the impact of thoughts and words on our actions and the world. Reflecting on the history of war and present conflicts, he urges self-awareness and control of our thoughts. His personal experience reinforces the profound influence of our thoughts and the importance of managing them.